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  • From left, Carl Mitchell, 9, Kelly Mitchell, 7, and their grandfather Bob Kruse play a dueling game in “Wii Sports Resort” on the Nintendo Wii during the Info People Technology Petting Zoo on Tuesday at the Yuba County Library. The Technology Petting Zoo gave people a chance to explore new technology.
    Tinkering with tech
    Library event helps expose community to newest gadgetry
    Asked who The Beatles were, 6-year-old Samantha Mestas put down a pair of drum sticks and grinned to reveal a space where two front teeth had once been. She shrugged. "They're from El Salvador, I think," offered her cousin, Josh Rivera, 15, from... Full story
    Sutter County sheriff's Deputy John De Vries, left and California Highway Patrol Officer Carlos Lejarza move a golf cart that was stuck under a truck following a fatal accident Monday on Highway 113 and Del Monte Avenue in Robbins.
    Woman killed in golf cart
    Robbins resident hit by truck on highway
    Nearly every day, Claudia Miller rode her battered green golf cart into town from her home west of Robbins, stopping at the post office and at the Robbins Mercantile for some diet soda. Monday, for reasons the California Highway Patrol could only... Full story
    Beth Ward, center, and her daughters, Victoria, 14, left, and Emily, 16, release doves, also known as homing pigeons, for a training run Sunday at Ellis Lake in Marysville. Ward owns Open Heaven Ceremonial Dove Release, providing releases at weddings and other events.
    For the love of doves
    Serendipity got Y-S family into ceremonial-release business
    Released from a basket or the palm of one's hand, a flock of white doves in flight are a symbol of love, peace and purity to many — and for one Marysville family, their newest vocation. Nearly two years ago, the daughters of Beth Ward... Full story
    Rand McNally's nine criteria for its 1985 rankings are represented by the nine photos of Yuba-Sutter life starting at upper left: housing, transportation, recreation, crime, education, arts/entertainment, climate, economy and health care.
    'Worst place' ranking still rankles
    25 years after taking bruising, some in Y-S still shaking heads
    The ranking raised hackles and ruffled feathers throughout Yuba-Sutter. When the gavel rang down in early March 1985, designating Yuba City the worst place to live in the United States, the proclamation was met with outrage, disbelief and... Full story
    Sutter County Animal Control Officer Kim Skinner, left, helps unload donations from Lorena Balkowitsch, 9, on Friday at the Sutter County Animal Shelter. Lorena has been asking for donations for animal control in place of birthday presents.
    Birthday gifts for animals
    Girl donates what she gets to shelter
    Giving donations for animals instead of receiving unneeded toys began as a different idea for Lorena Balkowitsch's 6th birthday party in 2007. But she was back again at Sutter County in Yuba City on Friday for the fourth year in a row, delivering... Full story
    Ryan Swinney, left, talks with Nancy Geweke and Kellie Geweke Sheeran at Geweke Ford on Thursday while asking for monetary donations to help victims of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile. Swinney is heading to Chile on Saturday to provide pediatric care.
    Yuba City doctor on his way to aid Chile
    Swinney wants to help family that helped him
    Wrapping up his residency at Harvard University, budding pediatrician and Yuba City native Ryan Swinney could be focused on his original plan: Opening a pediatric practice in Northern California. Instead, he'll fly to Chile this weekend to assist... Full story
    Nursing students Tatyana Pulber, left, and Stephanie Brinson show their support for the nursing program Wednesday during a Yuba Community College District trustees' meeting.
    Trustees reject fiscal plan
    Apologies about Harrington raise
    Yuba Community College District trustees narrowly rejected a fiscal contingency plan Wednesday that faculty critics said failed to include enough administrators on a layoff list. The 4-3 vote means trustees will meet again next week and look at... Full story
    Fleetwood Travelcade Club members Deanne Candler, left, of Victoria, Canada, and Del Caskey of Alberta, Canada, chat while walking their dogs Tuesday at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds during the Winter Rendezvous.
    One last stop for RVers
    Fleetwood club holding final
    Whether it's hanging chilies from a side mirror or placing potted plants near fold-up chairs, 75 RVers are calling the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds home for the next week. The Fleetwood Travelcade Club is holding its final RV Rendezvous in Yuba City... Full story
    Mario Rubio, right, of Olivehurst, Wayne Milligan of Yuba City and Cesar Fernandez of Gridley, all with H&H Trenching, take down the trees at Washington Square Park on Monday.
    Washington Square trees gone
    Ax falls in park as part of controversial plan for more retail space
    About 15 large trees were removed from a portion of Washington Square on Monday in preparation for construction of a shopping center. The Marysville site has been a bone of contention between the city and a small group of residents who fought for... Full story
    Looking down from the second floor of the Parker building at 12th and F streets in Marysville, Richard Neault hopes to see the building one day become the home of the Yuba County history museum. The museum would have displays maintained by community groups such as Friends of the Bok Kai Temple and Friends for the Preservation of Yuba County History.
    Dreams for a Yuba museum
    1908 Parker building seen as possible county history facility
    Built in 1908, the impressive Parker building at 12th and F streets in Marysville has seen a lot of history, from its origin as a manufacturing plant for mining dredges to later being a place of employment for the first female machinist in the... Full story
    Finger blower's appeal denied
    A state court has upheld the maximum three-year-prison sentence given to a Yuba County man who was convicted of manufacturing an incendiary device after blowing off some of his fingers while making a firecracker. Jeremy Cole York appealed his Yuba... Full story
    Counties' unemployment figures worsen
    Three Mid-Valley counties saw their unemployment rates increase to more than 20 percent in January, according to figures released today by the state Employment Development Department. Colusa County was the highest of the three at 27.4 percent, also... Full story
    Olivehurst man crashes car into power pole
    A 29-year-old Olivehurst man suffered major injuries early today when he lost control of his car on a wet road, according to the Yuba-Sutter California Highway Patrol. Heath W. Galbraith was speeding south in the 3700 block of Rancho Road in south... Full story
    Governor: More budget slashing needed
    Schwarzenegger vetoes bill, says not enough cuts made this year
    SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that he vetoed the largest piece of legislation in a package of budget bills because it did not take immediate steps to cut spending. Democratic lawmakers said the bill would have shaved... Full story
    Burl Osborne Freedom CEO
    Judge approves Freedom reorganization plan
    WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge Tuesday approved Freedom Communication Inc.'s reorganization plan, giving a green light for the company to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of this month. The court action gets the Irvine-based media... Full story
    Aaron Ouellette
    Murder suspect's fingerprints on beer can, truck door
    Michael Angelo Sanudo's fingerprints were found on a Budweiser beer can in the alley street where Willie Dean Roberts Jr. allegedly was beaten and robbed before being dragged under a pickup, a fingerprint analyst testified Tuesday in Sutter County... Full story
    Union: Overruns hit Yuba College projects
    Yuba Community College District projects paid for with Measure J bond funds face major cost overruns that threaten other planned developments — including the new $29.5 million facility in Sutter County — a union says. Teresa... Full story
    Center for seniors OK'd in Olivehurst
    Yuba County's seniors can look toward Olivehurst, which the Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday as a new home for the senior center. Within about a month, the Olivehurst Community Center will host the seniors, who will move their meals, bingo,... Full story
    Gas leak forces evacuation in Marysville
    Marysville authorities evacuated about 10 homes on 12th Street Tuesday afternoon after a construction mishap severed a natural gas line. Police received reports at 3:41 p.m. that a backhoe cut into a three-quarter-inch main at 12th and Pine... Full story
    Weapons seized during the arrest of Richard Ramirez Ayala on Tuesday in Plumas Lake.
    Plumas Lake man suspected of distributing cocaine
    Man said he turned to dealing after losing job
    When he was arrested early Tuesday, a Plumas Lake man said he began selling cocaine because he'd been laid off from his job, a drug enforcement official said. Richard Ramirez Ayala, 23, was arrested about 7 a.m. at his family's home in the 1400... Full story
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