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🌱 Deputies find multiple stolen wallets during Oroville welfare check

Oroville, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Deputies find multiple stolen wallets during Oroville welfare check
  • Why Oroville residents are pushing back hard against possible AI data centers
  • How Oroville’s new child-friendly interview room could ease trauma for kids

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 102 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Sunny and toasty conditions, temps: high: 104, low: 75.
  • Saturday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 104 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Sleeping man in Oroville caught with stolen wallets, cards (actionnewsnow.com) — An early-morning welfare check outside a business on Feather River Boulevard in Oroville led deputies to arrest a local man on suspicion of drug and identity-theft-related charges. Investigators say they recovered multiple wallets and financial cards belonging to several people and are now working to identify and contact additional possible victims connected to the case.
   

2. Butte County residents loudly show no interest to potential AI center (krcrtv.com) — Oroville-area residents packed the Butte County Board of Supervisors chambers to strongly oppose the idea of future AI data centers, warning about water use and environmental impacts. County staff stressed no applications have been filed, but more than 50 people still urged strict regulations and full environmental review before any such project is considered.
   

3. Child-Friendly Interview Room Opens for Abuse Victims (gridleyherald.com) — Families in Oroville should know the Butte County District Attorney’s Office has opened a redesigned, child‑friendly interview room to support young abuse victims. The space, used by the county’s CART team including Oroville police, allows children to share their stories once in a calmer, trauma‑informed setting while investigators observe remotely and record the interview for court use.
   

4. Former Biggs mayor pleads no contest to sex crimes involving teen (actionnewsnow.com) — In an Oroville courtroom, a former Biggs mayor has pleaded no contest to several charges involving unlawful sexual conduct with a minor after a months-long investigation by Gridley police and the district attorney’s office. He remains held without bail in Butte County Jail and faces a potential multi-year state prison sentence when he returns for sentencing in early September.
   

5. Martin (Marty) Whitley (plumassun.org) — Family and friends are remembering Martin “Marty” Whitley, who spent part of his adult life in Oroville as well as other Northern California communities before passing away in Oregon last month. Loved ones highlight his military service, carpentry work, and passion for restoring local history, and invite the community to a fall celebration of life in Sierraville honoring his 80th birthday.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Update: He's reunited with his people!
    This sweet boy has been in our yard the past hour or so on Long Bar Ct. Anyone looking for him? (Nextdoor Oroville East)
  • So a few days ago, I posted about a skunk attacking my sunflowers.
    I figured out this morning that it was a deer not a skunk I found tracks in my garden. She came back for more! (Nextdoor Kelly Ridge)
  • The Save Mart Companies posted a job opening for Meat Cutter (Apprentice) - FoodMaxx - 1160 Oroville Dam Blvd., Oroville, CA 95965 in Oroville. Apply here.
  • Gold Country Casino & Resort posted a job opening for Kitchen Sanitation Specialist in Oroville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oroville here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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