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- No fluoride decision by OPUD directors
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- Fluoride had its serious backers and passionate opponents at Thursday night's Olivehurst Public Utility District board meeting, but a decision on whether it'll continue to be added to the district's water is still to come.
Before more than an hour o... Full story
- Plumas Lake homes used for indoor marijuana operations
- Appeal-Democrat
- Three homes in Plumas Lake were being used to cultivate thousands of indoor marijuana plants by an organized Asian drug group that included an 87-year-old woman, according to a drug enforcement official.
After several weeks of investigation by the Y... Full story
- Crowds flock to Yuba, Sutter National Night Out events
- By Nancy Pasternack/Appeal-Democrat
- Hope Scott, 9, met the crew of a Reach air ambulance and got to see what it was like inside from the perspective of a medical emergency victim.
The east Marysville resident, who will enter the fifth grade at Kynoch Elementary School in a couple of w... Full story
- Local growers: Pop-up stands are cherry-picking business
- By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat
- An abundance of pop-up fruit stands has some local farmers and produce vendors seeing red.
Yuba-Sutter residents cite concerns about out-of-area fruit sources, including vulnerability to pests and unregulated competition as canopied stands appear al... Full story
- No-frills hoops – informal youth league in Marysville
- By Nancy Pasternack/Appeal-Democrat
- The mercury hovered near 90, but the kids teamed up by T-shirt color playing basketball outside on the Marysville High School campus late Thursday afternoon were not complaining.
"Good pass."
"Nice shot."
"Beautiful job."
They were getting a lot ... Full story
- Beale memorial service honors drowning victim Mattice
- By Ryan McCarthy/Appeal-Democrat
- Chief Master Sgt. Lee Mattice lll, who drowned during a Father's Day kayaking trip that also took the life of his stepson, was remembered today at a memorial service at Beale Air Force Base as a hero who "spent his last few minutes as he spent his li... Full story
- A purr-fect price for cats: Most Yuba County adoption fees waived
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Through the end of July, adopting a cat in Yuba County can be done for a price pretty close to purr-fect.
For a $7 rabies shot, you can take home an adult cat from the county's animal shelter, in a campaign county officials hopes become an annual ev... Full story
- Another winter-like storm headed this way
- Appeal-Democrat
- Unseasonabley wet weather is expected to continue today and later this week, according to the National Weather Service.
A cold low-pressure system is moving through the valley today and expected to bring a strong burst of rain to Marysville and Yuba... Full story
- Wheatland rallies around bike race
- By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- No one will mistake quiet Wheatland for a biking hub. But for a couple hours today, the town, and especially its high school students, at least played the part of gracious — and noisy — hosts for the biggest bike race in the U.S.
"It's a... Full story
- Health care expansion for low-income residents in works
- By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- Before federal health care reform begins taking effect in 2014, both Yuba and Sutter counties will be part of a $10 billion expansion of health care coverage aimed at low-income residents.
The expansion plan, under the consortium group County Medica... Full story
