BRIEFS: Motorcyclist dies on Highway 49 in Yuba County
A 23-year-old motorcyclist from Nebraska was killed Thursday in east Yuba County when he collided head-on with a car, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The accident occurred about 7:20 p.m. on Highway 49 south of Marysville Road. The Yuba County Sheriff's Department identified the victim as Nathan Halouska. His name was not released until family members in Elwood, Neb., were notified.
Halouska was traveling south through a curve on a 2009 Yamaha at an unknown rate of speed when he crossed the double-yellow centerlines and hit a northbound 2001 Subaru car driven by 68-year-old Peter Cerles of North San Juan.
Halouska was ejected and hit the car's windshield. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Camptonville Fire Department firefighters, the Grass Valley office of the CHP said.
Cerles and his passenger, 56-year-old Ann Belinda Stone of North San Juan, were not injured.
OLIVEHURST
Burglary suspect caught after theft
An Olivehurst man arrived home to find a burglar coming out his front door with loot in hand, according to a Yuba County Sheriff's Department official.
The incident in the 4700 block of Fleming Avenue was reported at 4:16 p.m. Thursday.
The victim gave deputies a good description of the burglar's vehicle, leading to the arrest at 5:51 p.m. of a Marysville man, Ronnie Andrew Clark, 50, at Eighth Avenue and Beaver Lane in Olivehurst, said department spokeswoman Melanie Oakes.
Clark was being held Friday in the Yuba County Jail on $50,000 bail.
BEALE
Base rescinds plane's unveiling
Three of five of Beale Air Force Base's new MC-12W aircraft were scheduled to arrive at the base Friday afternoon, according to the base's public affairs office.
After initially inviting media, including the Appeal-Democrat, to cover the arrival, Beale officials rescinded the invitation about an hour and a half before the planes were scheduled to arrive.
A Beale public affairs officer said at 5 p.m. that the planes had yet to arrive and that a "media day" would be scheduled later.
The MC-12W is a medium altitude, twin-engine, turbo-prop aircraft with the primary mission to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to ground forces.
