- Pomp and circumstance at Yuba College graduation
- Yuba Community College graduate Jeni Alcantar has one thing on her mind now.
"Jobs, jobs, jobs," the 25-year-old Radiological Technology alumnus said. "I want to get that first paycheck."
Alcantar, ... Full story
Local Sports
- PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Marysville softball ousted from playoffs
- The Marysville High softball team's bid for a Sac-... Full story
- Longtime Gridley coach honored by section
- Longtime Gridley High track and field coach Ed Roa... Full story
- Yuba City baseball opens playoffs with victory
- SACRAMENTO — Chandler Eden's reputation as o... Full story
Local News
- Suspect arrested in Butte Vista Parent Club theft
- A Yuba City man charged with embezzling money from an elementary school parents group surrendered earlier this week to authorities in Yolo County.
Jonathan Tyler Burton, 30, was booked late Thursday into the Yolo County jail on a $25,000 warrant acc... Full story
- War on Terror memorial opening
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Calvary Christian Center is opening its Freedom Heroes War on Terror outdoor memorial — which honors American servicemen and women who have died serving in Iraq and Afghanistan — with a dedication on Sunday at the church.
The 20 panels o... Full story
- Prison for Yuba City union official, wife
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- A Yuba City union manager and his wife were sentenced to prison in federal court in Sacramento on Friday for misappropriating at least $120,000.
U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Robert L. Carr, 58, to two years and six months in ... Full story
- Taxidermist completes giraffe project
- By David Bitton/A-D Reporter
- A lion, a leopard, a cape buffalo. Oh, my.
They are three of the most exotic animals Grady Miller has worked on during his seven-year career as a taxidermist, but none of them measure up to his most recent project — a 16-foot giraffe.
"When s... Full story
- Briefs: Memorial Day celebration planned
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- A Memorial Day Celebration, sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 789 and the Native Daughters of the Golden West, will begin at 11 a.m. May 27 at the Wheatland Cemetery, 4865 Wheatland Road, Wheatland.
A luncheon, sponsored by Grace Episcopal C... Full story
- Yuba City union manager, wife sentenced to prison for embezzlement
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- A Yuba City union manager and his wife were sentenced to prison in federal court in Sacramento on Friday for misappropriating at least $120,000.
U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Robert L. Carr, 58, two years and six months in pri... Full story
- Federal judge OKs 2010 Yuba City police shooting
- By Rob Parsons/A-D Reporter
- Yuba City police acted reasonably when they shot and killed a woman in 2010 at her Mariner Loop home, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez heard arguments in the case on May 1 in Sacramento and entered his judgment on ... Full story
- California helps fuel $550 million Powerball jackpot
- Associated Press
- SAN DIEGO — The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.
California has sold $83 million wo... Full story
- Gas prices expected to keep rising until Memorial Day
- By Laura van der Meer/A-D Web Editor
- Gas prices are rising, and Yuba-Sutter drivers won't be spared — especially as the three-day Memorial Day weekend looms.
AAA this week reported a 2 percent increase over last month for the area's fuel price. It's among the lowest in California... Full story
- Linda Walmart shoplifting suspect nabbed after rock attack
- By Rob Parsons/A-D Reporter
- A Marysville woman punched a Walmart security guard in the face before pelting him with numerous rocks on Thursday as she tried to get away with lotions and body spray stuffed in her purse, Yuba County deputies said.
An apparent getaway car abandone... Full story
- Marysville doctor challenges Rideout suspension, claims 'retaliation'
- By Harold Kruger/A-D Copy Editor
- A Marysville doctor is suing Rideout Memorial Hospital, challenging his seven-day suspension of privileges.
Chukwuemeka Ndulue alleges the suspension, which was to begin Monday, is "in retaliation for (his) status as a whistleblower on the flawed pr... Full story
- Fifth-graders learn about court system in Sutter County
- By David Bitton/A-D Reporter
- More than 60 fifth-graders from Bridge Street Elementary School got a taste of how the court system works while taking part in a mock trial on Thursday at the Sutter County Courthouse.
Sutter County Superior Court Judge Brian R. Aronson looked over ... Full story
- Marysville pilot injured in Glenn County crash
- Man treated for minor injuries at Enloe Medical Center in Chico
- Tri-County Newspapers
- A Marysville crop duster pilot suffered minor injuries Wednesday after his plane crashed in Glenn County.
Ricky Laughlin received treatment at Enloe Medical Center in Chico and was released a short time later, a hospital official said.
Owned by Jon... Full story
- Additional officers to monitor Marysville motorcyclists
- By Rob Parsons/A-D Reporter
- Additional police patrols begin Friday in Marysville, targeting motorcyclists as part of the National Highway Safety Administration’s Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.
“Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas frequented by motor... Full story
- Prime time for rice in Yuba-Sutter
- Laura van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat
- Rice farmers are running about a week ahead of schedule this year because of dry conditions this spring.
The US Department of Agriculture estimates that so far this year, about 75 percent of California's rice fields have been planted. That number wa... Full story
