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- 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
- 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
- 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
- '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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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