Mid-Valley Briefs
YUBA CITY
DUI enforcement this weekend
A two-day special DUI enforcement crackdown in Yuba City starts tonight, coordinated by the Yuba City Police Department's Traffic Education and Enforcement Unit.
The saturation patrol begins at 7 p.m. today and Saturday within the city limits.
YUBA CITY
Pet celebration and 9/11 remembrance
Tractor Supply in Yuba City is hosting its first Pet Celebration and 9/11 Remembrance Saturday at 990 Tharp Road.
Organizations taking part, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., include the Yuba City Police Department, Sutter County Sheriff's office and the Sutter County Animal Control.
Wheatland 4-H is also doing a barbecue.
Pets on leashes are welcome at the event.
YUBA CITY
Plenty to do at Senior Center
The Yuba City Senior Center has scheduled several activities today at 777 Ainsley Ave.
Planned are:
Yard sale: 8 a.m.
Workshop: 10 a.m., senior mental health screening information.
Dance: 7 to 10 p.m.; admission $6 per person.
Future activities at the senior center include the Collette travel show at 1 p.m. Wednesday; and a telephone workshop at 10:15 a.m. Sept. 29. Admission is free to both.
For more information, call 822-4608.
MARYSVILLE
Salsa classes begin Monday
Yuba County's recreation program is looking for aspiring dancers of any age for its salsa classes, kicking off Monday in Marysville.
The classes, which are weekly from 7-8 p.m. through Oct. 18, are $50 for the series and do not require a partner. Classes are at the Friday Night Live building, 301 Fourth St., Marysville.
To register, call 749-5670 or go online at www.co.yuba.ca.us/recreation.
MARYSVILLE
Campaign kicks off Wednesday
A campaign kick off for Francisco Reveles, candidate for Yuba College Board of Trustees, Area 1, is set at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at PreGame restaurant, 900 B St. next to Ellis Lake, Marysville.
Reveles, a resident of Browns Valley, has a doctorate in education and is department chair in educational leadership and policy studies at California State University, Sacramento.
For more information about the event, e-mail reveles4yccdtrustee @gmail.com.
YUBA COUNTY
Vehicle thefts down in 2009
Vehicle thefts in 2009 fell by 28.7 percent in Yuba County and 37 percent in Sutter County, according to the California Highway Patrol, which attributed the decrease to "enforcement, education and technology."
The decrease statewide over 2008 was 15.4 percent, the CHP said.
"We are very pleased with the dramatic reduction in vehicle thefts in Yuba-Sutter. Law enforcement agencies work closely and share intelligence routinely to thwart vehicle theft," said Cmdr. Jim Young of the Yuba-Sutter CHP office.
More than 88 percent of stolen vehicles were recovered last year, though the loss to Californians exceeded $1 billion, the CHP said.
The most commonly stolen vehicles are Hondas, Acuras and Nissans.
SACRAMENTO
Schwarzenegger reappoints Adams
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday reappointed 54-year-old Cleotha Adams of Marysville, a sergeant in the Yuba County Sheriff's Department Civil Division, to the Corrections Standard Authority.
Adams served as a sergeant of corrections with the department from 1999 to 2007. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1974 to 1994, retiring as a corrections superintendent with the rank of master sergeant.
Adams was first appointed to the Corrections Standard Authority in 2006.
SACRAMENTO
Logue bails out of Prop. 23 debate
Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, has bailed out of a debate next week against an opponent of Proposition 23, days after saying he'd debate the same person.
Logue, who wrote Proposition 23, said when asked Tuesday he'd let a representative from the state's small business community speak at what he called a forum, not a debate, next Wednesday against hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, at the monthly meeting of the Sacramento Press Club.
In the same conversation, he said he'd debate Steyer on the ballot measure if it was an actual debate, after criticizing as bizarre Steyer's challenge to debate the head of one of the oil companies that's contributed heavily to the pro-32 campaign.
Officials with the press club described the event as a debate, and reported Thursday Logue gave no reason why he wasn't participating in the event.
YUBA COUNTY
Deputies win pistol competition
Four Yuba County deputies won a recent pistol shooting competition at Beale Air Force Base, competing against other local law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the Secret Service, said Sheriff Steve Durfor.
Sgt. Allan Garza and deputies Jason Nakamura, Paul Nacin and Brian Thornton made up the team.
In individual competition, Garza placed first, Nakamura second, Nacin fourth and Thornton fifth.
