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- More than 100 teenagers and young adults walked, biked, drove or rode skateboards into Sam Brannan Park in Yuba City Thursday evening to pay tribute — in words and music — to their fellow free... Full story
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- Heidi Long of Yuba City is the winner of the Appeal-Democrat's "Summer Photo" contest.
Her winning entry, a photo of her daughter, Mia, 5, on the swings at the Mary Covillaud School in Marysville, earned her four free movie passes to Cinemark Movies... Full story

- Detectives say stolen house key used in rape attempt
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- Months after stealing a Plumas Lake woman's house key, an Elverta man allegedly used it to enter her home at 4 a.m. and attempt to rape her.
A preliminary hearing for Marcus Charles Hagins, 18, was held Thursday in Yuba County Superior Court on charges... Full story

- CHP offers free inspections
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- Preparing for fruit harvests this summer and fall, farmers converged Thursday on Yuba-Sutter for a free chance to keep their farm vehicles on the right side of the law.
The California Highway Patrol organized the amnesty inspections in District 10 and... Full story

- Live Oak girl turns up unharmed
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- A Live Oak teen missing since Tuesday turned up Thursday unharmed, her family and the Sutter County Sheriff's Department said.
Dennie Raylynn Jennings, 15, had not been seen since she was at a friend's house in Olivehurst on Tuesday morning. Her mother,... Full story
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- Sutter County's panel praises Gang Task Force
- By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat
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- Sutter County's grand jury has handed out some praise and mostly mild criticism for county officers, in a sharp turnabout from previous years.
The jury's annual report, published Wednesday, complimented county law enforcement for stepping up gang-fighting... Full story
- Live Oak OKs $3.65 million budget
- By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat
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- With little fanfare, the Live Oak City Council has adopted a $3.65 million general fund budget for 2009-10.
While other cities, counties and the state are struggling to balance their budgets, the small community in north Sutter County only had to make... Full story
- Parades, fireworks, fun set for holiday
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- Mid-Valley Independence Day weekend events include:
• Annual Cardboard Boat Races — Today registration at 10 a.m., races at 2 p.m., at Ellis Lake in Marysville.
• Independence Day Outdoor Concert, Barbecue and Fireworks — today... Full story
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- Mid-Valley Briefs from Friday's paper.
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YC man injured in accident
A 28-year-old Yuba City man suffered major injuries in a two-vehicle accident at Highway 20 and Marysville Road.
William J. Sanderson, 28, was taken to Rideout Memorial... Full story
- Marysville man injured in Highway 20 crash
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- A 28-year-old Yuba City man suffered major injuries in a two-vehicle accident at Highway 20 and Marysville Road.
William J. Sanderson, 28, was taken to Rideout Memorial Hospital after the accident shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday.
According to a California... Full story
- Star Bend levee work to start Monday
- By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat
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- Replacement of a weakened Feather River levee is set to begin next week, barely two weeks after flood control authorities narrowly avoided shelving the project because of funding problems.
Work on a setback levee at Star Bend in Yuba City is slated to... Full story
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- The Appeal-Democrat will host a liveblog at 1 p.m. today, where Editor Len La Barth will answer questions from readers about the direction and future of the paper.
The liveblog will last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the volume of... Full story
- No layoffs planned by Sutter County
- 'Status quo' budget proposed for 2009-10
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- This is corrected version of story.
As California's deepening budgetary hole threatens its payments to counties, Sutter County plans to avoid layoffs or drastic cuts for now.
The county's budget proposal for the 2009-10 fiscal year, released to the... Full story

- Western demands its rights
- Hearing to decide mining firm’s future in Yuba Goldfields
- By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
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- At midday at the Western Aggregates plant southeast of Marysville, much of the rumbling comes from loaders putting bucketfuls of gravel into the bins of trucks headed for projects across Northern California.
But in about a month, the rumbling over the... Full story
- State budget woes trickling down
- County-level services unfunded
- By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
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- The lack of a state budget has county officials in the Mid-Valley nervous over the prospect of IOUs for many programs until a budget is in place.
Such services as CalWORKs grants, social services administration and mental health and drug/alcohol treatment... Full story

- Longtime Arboga teacher 'forever in our hearts'
- Leslee Harlan taught at school for three decades
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- She didn't worry about having the biggest and best and newest thing, a friend said at the memorial service for Arboga Elementary School teacher Leslee Harlan.
Students were the concern of second-grade teacher Harlan, 57, who died suddenly at her Marysville... Full story