Community Updates
- Man sentenced 5 years for home invasion
- Rob Young/Appeal-Democrat
- A 19-year-old man who entered a high school classmate's home in the middle of the night, gagged her at knifepoint and bound her hands and feet with duct tape was sentenced Friday in Yuba County Superior Court to five years and four months in pr... Full story
- Mail delays already being reported
- Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
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Some Olivehurst and Plumas Lake residents are reporting delays in their mail service, just weeks into a planned transfer of mail sorting from an Olivehurst facility to one in West Sacramento.
Those residents, and a Yuba County supervisor, said s... Full story
- Supervisors OK alcohol sales at Walgreens
- On a 5-0 vote, the Yuba County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to back extending a permit to sell alcohol to the Walgreens store on River Oaks Boulevard, in Plumas Lake.
A county planner noted the Walgreens wants to sell beer and wine — no... Full story
- Vasquez, Farrell in runoff for Yuba supervisor seat
- Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- A week after voters cast ballots in the June primary election, one Yuba County supervisors race is headed to a runoff, while the other will see a four-term incumbent returned to office.
District 5 Supervisor Hal Stocker won a majority in his four... Full story
- Yuba County supervisors take $4.7M from reserves to balance budget
- Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- After expressing surprise and anger a month ago when the county's reserve fund appeared to have been eaten up by an ongoing budget crunch, Yuba County supervisors acknowledged Tuesday some of the problem could've come from when they set up the fun... Full story
- Building a foundation for education
- Michele Perrault/PlumasLakeLife.com
- As California’s economic outlook continues to look bleak and local school districts continue to face cuts to their budget each year, the Plumas Lake community has decided to try and do something about it.
With the verbal support from the Pluma... Full story
- School board appoints new member
- Michele Perrault/PlumasLakeLife.com
- The Plumas Lake Elementary School District faced a gap on its board when Charles Mackay resigned in March. This position was filled earlier this month with appointment of Jeff Duggen to serve out the remainder of Mackay’s term.
Duggen is a fou... Full story
- Water bottle helps finger rape-attempt suspect
- By Rob Young/Appeal-Democrat
- Marcus Charles Hagins, charged with the armed, attempted rape of a Plumas Lake woman, unwittingly gave detectives evidence that helped tie him to the crime, according to testimony Tuesday in Yuba County Superior Court.
Yuba County Sheriff's Depar... Full story
- Groundbreaking ends long wait for park
- Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- After a long wait, green grass, benches and playgrounds are coming to empty lots in the Wheeler Ranch subdivision of Plumas Lake.
Crews began work this week on the first of three parks in the neighborhood, with two more scheduled to be built over ... Full story
- Mail sorting facility still set to close
- Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- Olivehurst's mail sorting facility may live on in a different capacity, but a hastily convened meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C., didn't seem to stop momentum toward transferring the building's mail sorting operations to West Sacramento beginni... Full story
