Mid-Valley Briefs

Mid-Valley Briefs from Saturday's paper.

Linda

Suspect named in killing

A third suspect has been identified in Linda's triple homicide.

The Yuba County Sheriff's Department said Friday it is looking for Guillermo Larios Garcia, 43.

Garcia is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs about 135 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Garcia has been known by several aliases, including Ricardo Balverde, Ricardo Ortiz, Luis Alonso Hernandez and Ignacio Baniaguia.

The other suspects are Nicolaus Solano and Saul Marroquin.

On March 13, three men were found dead in the Malvern Apartments on North Beale Road. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department at 749-7777.

Williams

Spill forces evacuation

A chemical spill and fire Friday night forced the evacuation of eight homes west of Williams, according to Colusa County's Office of Emergency Services.

The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on East Camp Road, south of Highway 20, when containers of two chemicals fell off a truck.

"When the chemicals were mixed, they caused a reactive fire," said Janice Bell, an OES technician.

She said homes on East Camp and Pumphouse roads were evacuated as a precautionary measure due to the "noxious smoke."

She said people at the scene said the fire produced a bleach-like odor.

Bell said no injuries were reported. People were evacuated to the Williams Fire Hall.

Mid-Valley

Colusa tops in joblessness

Colusa County had the state's highest jobless rate in February at 18.9 percent, the Employment Development Department said Friday.

Sutter County ranked seventh at 12.6 percent. Yuba County was 12th at 11.5 percent.

The state unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, down from 5.9 percent in January. The rate in February 2007 was 5 percent.

The national unemployment rate was 4.8 percent last month.

Sacramento

Sex conviction upheld

A state appeals court Friday upheld a 19-year prison sentence imposed on an Oregon House man in 2006 after a Yuba County jury convicted him of sexually abusing a girl.

Robert Lawrence Tarr was found guilty of continuous sexual conduct with a child younger than 14, plus other charges.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal said Tarr "egregiously violated his position of trust."