Police & Fire

Last Updated: Oct 05, 2026 01:09PM • Subscribe via RSS • ATOM

Staffing Strain Threatens Firefighters’ Benefits

Oct 05, 2026 01:09PM ● By Susan Meeker

Sutter County firefighters working extra shifts to cover vacancies and extended absences have been unable to use enough vacation time to keep earning the benefit, prompting supervisors to temporarily lift accumulation limits.

Read More »

Wildfire Grants Support Local Agencies

Sep 28, 2026 05:18PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

Eight organizations in Colusa, Yuba and Butte counties will receive a combined $110,000 for firefighting equipment, protective gear and wildfire prevention projects through a statewide grant program.

Read More »

Deputy Nichols Receives MADD Award

Sep 28, 2026 03:23PM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County Sheriff’s Deputy Nichols received an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Read More »

K9 Rip Retires From YCPD

Sep 28, 2026 03:14PM ● By MPG Staff

The Yuba City Police Department recently celebrated the retirement of K9 Rip, who concluded his service after nearly 300 deployments with the department.

Read More »

Correctional Officers Complete Core Course

Sep 28, 2026 01:59PM ● By MPG Staff

Yuba County correctional officers Ty Lundgren, Nehemiah Lemstrom, Ma Jamela Carpio and Mark Privalov, from left, completed the six-week Correctional Officer Core Course hosted by the Yuba College Public Safety Department.

Read More »

Longtime Sheriff’s Sergeant Retires

Sep 28, 2026 01:57PM ● By MPG Staff

The Yuba County Sheriff’s Office recently celebrated the retirement of Sgt. Tamara Pecsi, marking the end of a 25-year career serving the county.

Read More »

Yuba City Replacing Aged Dispatch System

Sep 28, 2026 01:34PM ● By Susan Meeker

A computer dispatch system that has served Yuba City police since 1994 will be replaced with new technology designed to improve emergency response, records management and information sharing with neighboring law enforcement agencies.

Read More »

Sutter County Sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Calderon

Sergeant Recognized for Life-Saving Actions

Sep 21, 2026 04:27PM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County Sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Calderon was recognized for his response to multiple medical emergencies at the Sutter County Jail.

Read More »

Sutter County Ends Fire Brownouts

Sep 15, 2026 09:07AM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County has reopened all of its fire stations after nearly three weeks of intermittent closures caused by a staffing shortage.

Read More »

D Street Fire Displaces Marysville Residents

Sep 14, 2026 05:12PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

Thursday, Sept. 10, at around 2:30 p.m., a fire broke out in downtown Marysville in the upper apartment complex at 423 D St. The historic mixed-use building was quickly engulfed in flames, with damage heavily concentrated on the upper-right-side units facing D Street.

Read More »

Yuba City Marks 25 Years Since 9/11

Sep 14, 2026 03:51PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

Metal hooks on loose halyards clanged lightly against the flagpole in the morning wind, making a somber, bell-like sound as people gathered outside Yuba City Firehouse No. 1 Friday for the city’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony.

Read More »

Former Biggs Mayor Sentenced to Prison

Sep 11, 2026 04:37PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

Former Biggs Mayor Robert Brian Bassett was sentenced to four years and four months in state prison for sex crimes involving a 17-year-old foreign exchange student.

Read More »

Former Inmate Sues Yuba County

Sep 08, 2026 01:29PM ● By MPG Staff

A former Yuba County Jail inmate who was sexually assaulted by a correctional officer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Yuba County and the now-convicted former officer, alleging failures by jail employees allowed him to remove her from custody under the guise of a medical appointment.

Read More »

Sutter Divers Sharpen Rescue Skills

Sep 08, 2026 01:24PM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County Sheriff’s Dive Team members recently joined Butte County search and rescue personnel for two days of training focused on diver rescue and underwater entanglement emergencies.

Read More »

Sutter County Rotates Fire Station Brownouts

Sep 08, 2026 12:29PM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County has begun rotating temporary closures between two fire stations as staffing shortages leave the county fire department operating with critically low personnel levels.

Read More »

Fundraisers Support Injured Paradise Sergeant

Sep 01, 2026 03:16PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

A Paradise Police Department sergeant faces multiple surgeries and a lengthy recovery after another vehicle struck his marked patrol vehicle on Highway 99 as he returned from assisting Gridley police at the Butte County Fair.

Read More »

Authorities Search for Escaped Inmate

Aug 25, 2026 09:46AM ● By MPG Staff

Authorities continued searching for a Sutter County Jail inmate Sunday after he escaped custody from a Marysville hospital while under the supervision of a private security company.

Read More »

Yuba County Defends Use of Flock Cameras

Aug 18, 2026 01:02PM ● By Susan Meeker

Yuba County sheriff’s officials are defending their use of automated license plate readers as a valuable crime-fighting tool, pointing to cases ranging from an Olivehurst homicide to narcotics investigations while responding to growing concerns over privacy and oversight.

Read More »

Yuba County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle.

Marysville Man Arrested in Homicide

Aug 13, 2026 01:00PM ● By Lloyd Green

A Marysville man was arrested on suspicion of homicide with an alleged hate-crime component after a fatal stabbing near a transient encampment along the Yuba River.

Read More »

Yuba City Police Department patrol SUV with emergency lights activated on a rural road beside a blooming orchard.

Gridley Pair Arrested After Pursuit

Aug 13, 2026 09:44AM ● By Lloyd Green

Two Gridley residents were arrested after a stolen vehicle investigation led Yuba City police on a pursuit that ended in a crash and search for the suspects.

Read More »

Annual National Night Out Celebrated

Aug 10, 2026 03:41PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

Despite triple-digit temperatures, residents across Yuba and Sutter counties turned out Tuesday evening for National Night Out, joining local law enforcement, elected officials and neighbors for an annual event aimed at strengthening relationships between public safety agencies and the communities they serve.

Read More »

Chute Fire Reaches 95% Containment

Aug 10, 2026 03:16PM ● By MPG Staff

Nearly three weeks after a flare-up sent more than 1,200 firefighters into the rugged Yuba River canyon, the Chute Fire has reached 95% containment, with crews now targeting a handful of stubborn hotspots within the 163-acre burn area.

Read More »

local, state and federal law enforcement agencies

Child Exploitation Sting Nets 17 Arrests

Aug 10, 2026 03:10PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

Seventeen people from across Northern California were arrested as part of a multiagency undercover operation in Sutter County targeting individuals allegedly seeking to sexually exploit children online.

Read More »

Masked Suspects Steal up to $250K in Jewelry

Aug 10, 2026 12:30PM ● By Lloyd Green

Masked suspects stole an estimated $250,000 in jewelry Aug. 7 from a store inside the Yuba Sutter Marketplace, the latest smash-and-grab jewelry store robbery in Yuba City this year.

Read More »

Sutter Sheriff Warns of Jury Scam

Aug 05, 2026 08:13AM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

The Sutter County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers falsely claim victims missed jury duty and must make an immediate payment to avoid arrest.

Read More »

Sheriff's Grant Funds DUI Enforcement Equipment

Aug 04, 2026 04:46PM ● By Susan Meeker

The Sutter County Board of Supervisors approved accepting more than $212,000 in state grant funding to expand impaired driving enforcement and education efforts throughout the county.

Read More »

A table displays evidence seized during a Sutter County Sheriff's Office narcotics investigation, including bags of suspected psilocybin mushrooms, suspected methamphetamine, suspected LSD, prescription pill bottles, cash, a digital scale and drug paraphernalia.

Live Oak Woman Faces Drug Charges

Aug 03, 2026 12:19PM ● By Lloyd Green

A suspicious vehicle investigation in Yuba City led to the arrest of a Live Oak woman after deputies reported finding suspected mushrooms, LSD, methamphetamine and other narcotics.

Read More »

Man Sought After Live Oak Incident

Jul 30, 2026 11:08AM ● By MPG Staff

A Marysville man wanted in a felony domestic violence case remains at large after a five-hour, multi-agency search in Live Oak. Authorities urge the public not to approach him and to call 911.

Read More »

Yuba Police Honor Four Employees

Jul 28, 2026 11:54AM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

The Yuba City Police Department recently recognized three officers and a dispatcher during a department awards presentation.

Read More »

Chute Fire Draws Massive Response Near Dobbins

Jul 27, 2026 04:02PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

A wildfire that began as a small vegetation fire near Dobbins grew to 163 acres, prompted evacuations on both sides of the Yuba-Nevada county line and brought more than 1,200 firefighting personnel to one of the region's most difficult landscapes.

Read More »

White Sutter County Sheirff's Office vehicle.

Live Oak Man Arrested in Stolen Semi-Truck Case

Jul 21, 2026 11:47AM ● By Lloyd Green

A Live Oak man was arrested Monday after Sutter County deputies recovered a stolen semi-truck reported missing from Sacramento. The vehicle's owner tracked its location, leading deputies to the suspect.

Read More »

Fire Destroys Playground at Yuba City Preschool

Jul 13, 2026 04:35PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

A Fourth of July fire destroyed a playground at Creative Kids Preschool and Daycare's Lincoln Road location and damaged a neighboring business, with illegal fireworks suspected as the cause.

Read More »

Family Seeks Answers 13 Years Later

Jul 13, 2026 04:30PM ● By MPG Staff

Thirteen years after Samuel Richard Pharis disappeared from Olivehurst, his family is again asking the community to keep his case in mind.

Read More »

Former Biggs Mayor Robert "Brian" Bassett sits at the council dais during a Biggs City Council meeting while serving as a city official.

Gridley Police Arrest Former Biggs Mayor

Jul 09, 2026 12:02PM ● By Lloyd Green

A former Biggs mayor was arrested July 9 after Gridley police investigated allegations of repeated sexual abuse involving a juvenile foreign exchange student assigned to his home.

Read More »

Sutter Sheriff Issues Scam Warning

Jul 07, 2026 11:40AM ● By MPG Staff

The Sutter County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phone scam involving callers who falsely claim people can pay to have a loved one released from jail through an ankle monitoring program.

Read More »