Briefs: Yuba-Sutter residents hurt in Highway 99 wreck in Butte
Two Yuba-Sutter residents were taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash on southbound Highway 99 south of the Skyway/Park Avenue in Chico at 12:23 p.m. Thursday.
Twenty-year-old Chayton Flowers of Yuba City was taken from his car on a stretcher, but his condition is unknown, the Chico Enterprise-Record reported.
Flowers, who was driving a Honda Del Sol, slammed his car into a Toyota Corolla at about 65 mph, said California Highway Patrol officer Saul Bernal.
Michael Simons, 35, of Marysville, was driving the Corolla, which sustained the most damage.
Simons, who walked out of his mangled car, was taken to the hospital as a precaution, Bernal said.
The third driver, Chico resident Larry Zinglar, 56, was uninjured.
SUTTER COUNTY
Animal shelter changing hours
The Sutter County Animal Shelter is changing its hours of operation next week, closing on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
The change is due to a shortage of staff, county officials said in a statement.
The shelter's new hours are 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with the office open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. those days.
Both are closed on Sunday or Monday.
Staff shortages are creating safety concerns by "stretching existing employees too thin," the county statement said.
YUBA-SUTTER
Mini fly-in slatedfor March 9
A mini fly-in and barbecue are part of the second annual meeting of the Sutter Buttes Regional Aviation Association, a group of pilots, aviation advocates, Yuba-Sutter business and community members.
The meeting starts at 10 a.m. March 9 at the Yuba City City Council chambers, 1201 Civic Center Blvd., and includes the history of the organization plus guest speakers.
The mini-fly and barbecue, with aircraft on display, are at the Sutter County Airport, 100 Airport Road, Yuba City.
Both events are open to the public. For more information, visit sutterbuttesaviation.org or call Joe Borzelleri at 329-4573 or Paul DeMeritt at 713-4793.
