Yuba-Sutter News
- Yuba City sewer line breaks
- By Rob Parsons/ADrparsons
- A broken underwater sewer line is pumping treated wastewater into the Feather River, Yuba City officials reported Friday.
The wastewater pouring into the Feather River is not raw sewage, authorities said.
"The water has been treated and disinf... Full story
- Yuba-Sutter guardsmen shipping out to war
- By Jonathan Edwards/ADjedwards
- After a year waiting, dozens of Yuba-Sutter soldiers today embark on a path to war in Afghanistan with zeal they like to pack into a one-word cry.
Hooah!
About 170 troops from the California Army National Guard's 2668th Transportation Company, whic... Full story
- These women climb aboard ‘coupon train’
- By Ashley Gebb/ADagebb
- As you read this, they are sitting at their kitchen tables, having pushed aside their morning papers and are snipping away through their Sunday coupons.
Toothbrushes, camisoles, mustard — a few quarters here and dollars there adds up for some ... Full story
- Yuba City solar power praised
- Yuba City residents use more solar energy than 90 percent of the state, according to an environmental report released this week.
The city won praise and high marks from Los Angeles-based Environment California. Residents used enough solar power to r... Full story
- Goodbye, Global Hawk?
- By Ashley Gebb/ADagebb
- Beale Air Force Base's Block 30 of the Global Hawk mission was identified Thursday as one recommended sacrifice as the Department of Defense tries to slash $487 billion from its budget in the next decade.
In a press briefing, U.S. Defense Secretary ... Full story
- Flood plan would boost water capacity
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- A plan being discussed this week includes possible changes for some Sutter County features, and the addition of a new one, to improve flood control on the Sacramento and Feather rivers.
Under the state's 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, th... Full story
- Y-S 49ers fans up, down during big game
- By Jonathan Edwards/ADjedwards
- Joe Sutton expected to cry Sunday night. He just wanted to shed tears of happiness.
Sutton, 25, of Yuba City, gathered with 10 friends and family members Sunday to watch his San Francisco 49ers battle the New York Giants in the NFC championship game... Full story
- La Porte loves the snow
- By Ashley Gebb/ADagebb
- Ted Clinton could not remember such a snowless season in nearly 30 years.
So on Saturday, when the flakes came falling down, he stood on the front porch of his La Porte cabin and smiled as cars slipped on the hill, men revved snowmobile engines and ... Full story
- Flood board coming to Marysville
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- The Central Valley Flood Protection Board will come to Marysville next week to give some final resolution to Linda homeowners who've been told their properties encroach on a right of way to fight floods.
In a series of action items scheduled to begi... Full story
- Gay teen voted to Lindhurst homecoming court
- By Jonathan Edwards/ADjedwards
- Lindhurst High School students on Friday chose Corina Soto-Gonzalez as one of their homecoming princesses, an honor the 17-year-old lesbian is using to champion gay rights.
"People really shouldn't hide who they are," Corina said while wearing a rai... Full story
- Calpine's Sutter Energy Center struggles to find business
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- Calpine's Sutter Energy Center west of Yuba City faces a tenuous future, with no contract in hand to provide electricity in 2012.
Two state agencies are working to keep the natural gas plant, which opened in 2001, operating until there's enough dema... Full story
- More people find work nationally
- By Christopher S. Rugaber
- WASHINGTON — In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three ye... Full story
- Weapons, drugs seized in Linda, Yuba City busts
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Drug busts in Linda and Yuba City this week resulted in the seizure of weapons, methamphetamine and marijuana and landed three people behind bars facing possible drug distribution charges.
Torrey Love, 38, of Sacramento, and Citizen M. Gallegos, 23,... Full story
- Forklift rolls over in Sutter County, pinning man
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- A forklift accident Friday in Sutter County sent a man to a Sacramento hospital.
The man was spinned under the forklift, which ran off the road after experiencing engine trouble, authorities said.
The crash was reported just after 2 p.m. at Kirkvil... Full story
- Briefs: Yuba County's Brown Bag food sign-ups begin
- Sign-ups are being accepted for the 2012 Yuba County Block Grant food giveaway program for low-income families.
Applicants for the Brown Bag program must be residents of Yuba County and must provide proof of residency, picture identification and Soc... Full story
- Broken line pumping treated wastewater into Feather River
- By Rob Parsons/ADrparsons
- A broken underwater sewer line is pumping treated wastewater into the Feather River, Yuba City officials reported Friday.
The wastewater currently pouring into the Feather River is not raw sewage, authorities said.
“The water has been treated... Full story
- Deputies: Linda man gets meth charge after dropping off kids
- Appeal-Democrat staff
- A month-long investigation led to a west Linda man being arrested this week on suspicion of methamphetamine possession and other charges, just after dropping off his kids at school.
Robert McCommas, 36, was arrested Thursday morning after NET-5 agen... Full story
- State restores funds for school busing
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- School districts around Yuba-Sutter busing students to far-flung locales got a flash of hope Thursday when the Legislature passed a bill to restore funding for rural routes set to disappear at the end of the school year.
Instead, the bill calls for ... Full story
- Comcast channel changes annoy Yuba-Sutter customers
- By Rob Parsons/ADrparsons
- Some Yuba-Sutter Comcast customers who enjoy classic movies or videos of police car chases may have to fork out an extra $10 each month if they want to keep watching "Casablanca" or "The World's Dumbest" police chases.
Many local Comcast customers w... Full story
- India outraged at jokes made at its expense
- By Mark Magnier
- NEW DELHI — The expressions of hurt and outrage in India that followed recent jokes by late-night comedian Jay Leno and the hosts of the BBC program "Top Gear," along with treason charges against a cartoonist, have sparked a debate here: Is the... Full story
