Marysville Appeal-Democrat
An American hero unveils sign for the POW-MIA Bridge
Retired Chief Warrant Officer Michael F. O’connor, who spent 1,857 days as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, had the sole privilege Friday of removing a tarp over a sign re-dedicating the state highway bridge connecting Marysville and Yuba City as the...
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40 years since ‘86 Yuba County flood
On the evening of Feb. 20, 1986, a section of levee failed on the south bank of the Yuba River at Linda. The resulting flood would damage 4,000 homes and businesses in South Yuba County and force the evacuation of 26,000. It would also alter the...
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State’s deadliest avalanche claims 8 skiers at Tahoe
Under a high avalanche warning in the Sierra, a slope near Lake Tahoe collapsed and buried a group of 15 skiers, killing at least eight people in the deadliest avalanche disaster in California history. The slide struck around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday near...
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Yuba Water’s grant program limited after penstock failure
The Yuba Water Agency, which has provided critical funding for levee improvements, water supply projects, and wastewater treatment facilities in Yuba County, will likely be scaling back a community grant and loan program as the result of the penstock...
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Oil boom draped across lake below power plant disaster
Yuba Water Agency directors were scheduled to meet in both private and public session Tuesday morning to receive a report on the catastrophic failure of a penstock pipeline recently installed as part of a $77 million upgrade to the water delivery...
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Penstock failure shuts down Yuba River hydropower plant
A catastrophic failure Friday afternoon of a newly constructed penstock pipe at the New Colgate Powerhouse on the north and middle forks of the Yuba River has shut down hydroelectric operations, the Yuba Water Agency reported. The event is downstream...
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Feds now say greenhouse gases no danger to U.S.
The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change....
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175 years later, Washoe Tribe returns to some of the land that was home for centuries
SAN JOSE — In the 1850s, settlers from around the world poured into California to seek their fortunes during the Gold Rush. The Washoe people, who had lived around Lake Tahoe for thousands of years, were pushed out. Farming, logging and mining took...
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29 evicted from former hotel deemed unsafe in Marysville
The City of Marysville has ordered the shuttering of the former Hotel Uriz for hundreds of alleged health and safety violations and the deterioration of the structure, resulting in the eviction of 29 tenants. The city issued a vacate and abate order...
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Pedophile pleads fifth before Senate, seeks presidential pardon to cooperate
Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying to a congressional committee Monday but offered to talk if President Donald Trump grants her clemency for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous sex trafficking ring. Epstein’s...
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Legislators asked to submit existing laws for second look
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas claims he has a new way to hold state government accountable: A series of legislative hearings to examine how well state laws are working. But which laws? State lawmakers who volunteered to participate in the initiative...
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They came to celebrate Marysville’s government
A crowd of approximately 300 gathered at the Elks Lodge in Marysville Thursday to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Marysville’s incorporation as a city. With challenge coins and kind words members of the Marysville City Council recognized more than...
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U.S. Supreme Court approves maps that favor Democrats
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress. With no dissents, the justices rejected emergency appeals from California Republicans and...
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Tense times after U.S. shoots down Iranian drone
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reiterated that the U.S. and Iran are maintaining diplomatic talks, even after an earlier skirmish in the Arabian Sea spooked oil markets amid heightened tensions between the two countries. “We are negotiating with...
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175 years as chartered city
Marysville is celebrating the 175th anniversary of the incorporation of the city under the laws of the state of California with a free event Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Marysville Elks Lodge, 920 D Street. The city is inviting the public to what it...
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640 career three-point shots
Faith Christian High School senior Lauren Harris Friday became the all-time leading three point shooter in the nation among girls high school players over a four year career when she sank her 640th three point basket in front of a packed home crowd at...
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Yuba College to the Sutter Buttes: a plan for safer biking
The Sutter County Board of Supervisors Tuesday added its approval to a regional plan to improve bicycle safety from Yuba College in Linda to the Sutter Buttes. Supervisors adopted a resolution recognizing the Yuba-sutter Bicycle Implementation Plan as...
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5,300 injury accidents in six years in Yuba-sutter
There were 5,362 injury accidents in Yuba and Sutter counties from 2018-2023, 886 of which resulted in someone being seriously injured or killed. Those are the findings of a study of six years of data from local law enforcement agencies by a...
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Yuba City eyes grant to build regional youth sports complex
The City of Yuba City is considering applying for a grant to build a regional sports complex for youth sports. One concept being considered is a 24-acre complex for baseball, softball, soccer, pickleball, tennis, bocci ball, a skate park, and a...
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3,000 say goodbye to Rep. Doug Lamalfa
CHICO – The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico was filled with over 3,000 mourners Saturday, Jan. 24 —including California’s governor, members of Congress, and state and local leaders from all over the North State—to honor the memory of Congressman...
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More work may be needed to meet state design standards
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ more than decade long effort to shore up the ring levee system around the City of Marysville will be sufficient to meet federal standards and avoid large increases in flood insurance for those who are protected by...
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YC Council seeks new law to confiscate vendor equipment
The Yuba City Council is moving ahead with plans to update its ordinances to allow the confiscation of equipment used by unlicensed and unpermitted “pop up” food vendors operating illegally in the city. Following a presentation by Development Services...
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Former special prosecutor Smith to testify to House committee
WASHINGTON — John L. “Jack” Smith is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, a high-profile appearance that will allow him and Republicans to present starkly different takeaways about the former special counsel’s criminal...
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U.S. president pushing Europe to tipping point
WASHINGTON — An unconstrained U.S. president has sided with Russia in its war of conquest in Europe, seized Venezuela’s dictator from his bed in an attempt to take control of that country’s oil, threatened military strikes against America’s closest...
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President links his failure to be awarded peace prize and his aggression against Greenland
Donald Trump linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter the U.S. president sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having...
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In the market for an old courthouse fixer-upper?
If you’re in the market for an old California courthouse, one may be for sale soon in Sutter County. County officials say they are considering developing a request for proposals from individuals or organizations interested in repurposing the former...
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Adventist Health Rideout to sell its senior care campus
Adventist Health Rideout announced Thursday it is selling its senior care campus in Yuba City, which includes The Fountains, The Courtyard, and The Gardens. In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, the hospital said the campus will be sold to...
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Fed chair digs in heels after DOJ launches investigation
WASHINGTON — White House officials were caught by surprise when a post appeared Sunday night on the Federal Reserve’s official social media channel, with Jerome Powell, its chairman, delivering a plain and clear message. President Donald Trump was not...
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Beale airman kept mission power on for Venezuela action
During the January 3 U.S. military action to capture the head of state of Venezuela, a powerful Northern California storm threatened the power supply to a critical mission support unit at Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County. “I’m going to tell you the...
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Old Western Pacific train depot will sell or be razed, Salvation Army says
Financial contributions from the community are insufficient to sustain homeless family housing and addiction recovery services in a 115-year-old building in need of at least $1 million in repairs, the top local official for The Salvation Army told a...
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Area congressman, Doug Lamalfa, dies during emergency surgery
Doug Lamalfa, who represented Yuba, Sutter, and Colusa counties as California’s First District Congressman, has died, his chief of staff announced Tuesday morning. Lamalfa, of Richvale in Butte County, was 65. The Butte County Sheriff ’s Office said...
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Salvation Army to close only area shelter for homeless families
The Salvation Army will close The Depot Family Crisis Center in Marysville after more than three decades providing the only shelter available to homeless families in Yuba and Sutter counties. The non-profit church organization made the announcement in...
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Rivers to rise as reservoirs make room for storm flows
The new year began with rain and winds in the forecast, with the heaviest rains and strongest wind gusts expected Friday night and Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said. The beginning of 2026 is expected to bring three to four inches of...
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Tribe’s casino development has put Yuba County on map
The Estom Yumeka Maidu’s collaboration with the Seminole Tribe of Florida has earned Yuba County the distinction of being home to the “third best casino outside of Las Vegas” and the second best casino concert venue in the nation. That’s according to...
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Yuba sheriff releases files on officer's death to CAL-OSHA
Yuba County Sheriff Wendell Anderson turned over documents and video in response to subpoenas in a state investigation of the death of a Marysville police officer and agreed to produce a sheriff ’s lieutenant for a deposition. Yuba County contract...
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Coming new year brings new laws to California
SACRAMENTO — On Jan. 1, a host of new state laws go into effect, dictating everything from kitchen appliances in rental properties to bank overdraft fees to whether California cats can have claws. Some were crafted by the Legislature, which passed...
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Loss of an officer, loss of levee funds, and loss of energy project
The death of a Marysville police officer in the line of duty was the most poignant news story in Yuba-sutter-colusa counties in 2025. Officer Osmar Rodarte was shot and killed March 26 while part of a team serving search and arrest warrants at the...
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70 years since ‘55 flood
Editor’s note: At four minutes past midnight on Christmas Eve 1955, a levee collapsed on the Feather River and a wall of water half-a-mile wide and 23 feet high flowed onto the valley floor, spreading at high velocity in a 180 degree arc, inundating 90...
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COLORFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Green Valley Road in south Yuba City sparkled on Sunday with an extravagant Christmas display as it does each night leading up to the New Year. To watch and listen one can head toward 1650 Green Valley Road, located off Walton Avenue and Bogue Road....
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CAROLING AT CHRISTMAS BREAK
Students from Mary Covillaud School in West Marysville spent part of their last school day before the Christmas break singing Christmas carols at some of the homes surrounding the campus. They managed to complete their rounds before the first rains...
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More images detail Epstein’s international sex trafficking
In December 2006, Jeffrey Epstein was the target of a criminal investigation that the FBI had code named “Operation Leap Year.” A 14-year-old girl claimed that Epstein had sexually assaulted her. Palm Beach police took the case to the FBI because they...
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President announces ‘warrior dividend’
President Donald Trump announced plans to award 1.45 million service members $1,776 payments as he sought to reassure Americans concerned about his stewardship of the US economy. “Military service members will receive a special — we call Warrior...
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He played ‘Meathead’ on ‘All In The Family,’ and he was murdered alongside his wife
LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner’s son Nick was arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents after the Hollywood legend and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their Brentwood home Sunday. Los Angeles police Chief Jim Mcdonnell said that...
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President warns of U.S. land strikes in Latin America
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be “starting” land strikes on drug operations in Latin America, though again declined to provide details on when and where the escalation of his military campaign would actually begin, or if countries could...
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Senate fails to continue health insurance subsidies
WASHINGTON — Health insurance premiums for Obamacare-inspired policies are about to double for Californians, as hope Congress will come to the rescue got a big setback Thursday COVID-ERA credits for people with Affordable Care Act marketplace health...
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$12 billion U.S aid insufficient for recovery, growers claim
U.S. growers say the Trump administration’s $12 billion aid package brings temporary relief, but is unlikely to kickstart a lasting recovery for the American farm economy. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a package to a key base of support...
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High court appears ready to further empower president
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives sounded ready on Monday to overrule Congress and give President Donald Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions. The justices heard arguments on whether Trump could fire...
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Yuba-sutter improvements among only bright spots in engineers’ assessment of California levees
Editor’s note: The following article about a report on the condition of the state’s levees specifically points out that major investments in levee improvements have been completed or are ongoing in this region, including improvements on the west bank...
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Feds’ new water plan favors Central Valley farms over fish
The Trump administration plans to weaken environmental protections for threatened fish in California’s Sacramento-san Joaquin River Delta and pump more water to Central Valley farmlands, according to letters obtained by the Los Angeles Times. The...
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Spending down where farm workers are fearful
Trailing in the shade of a tractor-pulled harvester, a small huddle of people in broad hats trawl the ochre rows of a green field. Every six or so feet, someone squats down and pulls into the morning sunlight a bright, spotted watermelon. Walking a...
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Dr. Luu, bi-county health officer, gets statewide award
Dr. Phuong Luu, the public health officer shared by Yuba and Sutter counties, received statewide recognition Tuesday for her leadership for early implementation here of a new statewide effort to connect incarcerated Californians with health care...
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U.S. secretary of defense denies ‘war crime’ allegations
The White House defended the Pentagon’s handling of a September attack on an alleged drugrunning boat and denied that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given an order to kill everyone on the vessel, rebutting a report that had led to allegations of...
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Murder charge to be filed in death of Guardsman
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to extend its crackdown on immigration and bring a first-degree murder charge against the suspected gunman in the shooting of two National Guard members following the death of one of the victims. Jeanine...
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A holiday celebration guide for the tri-county region
With Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, attention will be turning to the arrival of Santa Claus and loads of holiday musical, theatrical, gift gleaning, eating, crafting and more fun happenings here in the Yubasutter-colusa region; and the events...
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FBI investigating Democratic lawmakers over video regarding military not following ‘illegal’ orders
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress who produced an explosive video last week said Tuesday they have been informed that the FBI is investigating them. The agency is seeking interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers, who were contacted through their...
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Tariffs speed the end of Chinatown’s Local Spicery
When Nicholas Davoren and Evelyn Wood opened their business, Local Spicery in historic downtown Marysville, it was different times. In 2017 the political climate did not include the tariffs in place today. Although the couple, now in their mid-60s,...
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The Penny Candy store in Live Oak closes Wednesday
An iconic sweet shop in Live Oak will be shuttering its doors the day before Thanksgiving, unless someone steps forward to buy it. The Penny Candy Store has served up scrumptious goodies to local families at 10221 Live Oak Boulevard for well over 50...
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100-year-old hero leads Veteran’s Day parade
The Yuba-sutter Veteran’s Day Parade had a little bit of almost everything Tuesday, but nothing more poignant than one Obie Wikersham riding in the lead vehicle. Wickersham, of Yuba City, who turned 100 years old this March, was already a decorated...
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Yuba-sutter homeless numbers drop by 14 percent, report shows
The Sutter-yuba Homeless Consortium had good news to share Friday with more than 100 people involved in local homeless issues. The number of homeless observed during the federallyrequired Point in Time count conducted in January was down 14 percent...
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VETERANS DAY WEATHER SHOULD BE PLEASANT ON TUESDAY
The late afternoon sun Thursday reflects off a banner hanging above Fifth Street announcing the annual Yuba-sutter Veteran’s Day Parade, and brings out the autumn colors of trees lining the street. The second weekend of November promises to be mild,...
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Supreme Court skeptical of president’s tariff powers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared skeptical during oral arguments Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s power to implement a broad worldwide tariff regime, although some justices sounded reluctant to potentially limit presidential authority over...
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Big turnout fuels big win for Prop. 50 Yuba, Sutter, Colusa counties will be in new congressional district
California Democrats’ effort to block President Trump’s agenda by increasing their party’s numbers in Congress was overwhelmingly approved by voters on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the victory moments after the polls closed Tuesday night. The...
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Young and old enjoy the Sikh Parade
One of the largest gatherings of Sikhs in the United States occurred Sunday in Tierra Buena as the annual Sikh Parade ended the Nagar Kirtan festivities. Officials said the festival was both well attended and well managed. The event draws Sikhs from...
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100,000 expected for annual Sikh parade
An annual pilgrimage to Yuba City began Friday with the first of three days of celebration of the Sikh faith. Sutter County estimates 100,000 visitors will be in Yuba City Sunday for the annual Sikh parade, which caps a religious an cultural ceremony...
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Yuba flood risk reduced but more work needs to be done
Yuba County is less likely to flood today than in 1986 or 1997, but more needs to be done to reduce the threat posed by the vast watersheds that drain into the Sacramento Valley. That’s the consensus of a panel that spent an hour Wednesday night...
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Training Zone celebrates 20 years in business Saturday
Chris Gill doesn’t like to stand still, not even for a picture to celebrate 20 years in a business he didn’t initially intend to keep. The Yuba-sutter Training Zone opened on Nov. 1, 2005, and will have a celebration this Saturday to mark two decades...
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Millions brace for loss of food aid
LOS ANGELES — Michaela Thompson, an unemployed mother in the San Fernando Valley, relies on federal assistance to afford the specialized baby formula her 15-monthold daughter needs because of a feeding disorder. At $47 for a five-day supply, it’s out...
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A town hall on flood risk in Yuba County
If a 100-year-flood doesn’t mean it floods only once every 100 years, then what does it mean? Answers to this and other questions about flood risk will be available Wednesday night in Marysville. As winter approaches along with the 40th anniversary of...
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Four businesses feted for contributions to community
Orchard Machinery Corporation, which has been producing prune shakers and other nut and fruit harvesting equipment since 1961, was awarded the Agricultural Excellence Award at a lunch gathering Friday hosted by Sutter County and the Yuba-sutter...
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President says National Guard will not go to San Francisco
President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s called off an expected deployment of immigration agents in San Francisco. “The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area...
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Governor will send National Guard to feed the hungry
Now in its third week, the ongoing federal government shutdown will likely delay food benefits for millions of Californians — prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to set aside $80 million in state support and deploy the California National Guard to assist food...
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State blocking feds from Calfresh marketing data
A law that allowed the sharing of limitless amounts of personal data across the state to find people eligible for Calfresh was rescinded this week. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 593 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, a Democrat from...
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Marysville church grounds become banquet hall
A Marysville restaurateur and a Modesto chiropractor have purchased an historic church building on D Street and have opened an event center. The Yuba-sutter Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting Thursday, Oct. 16, for the new Marysville...
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U.S. president says ‘stop’ to Russia, Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged Russia and Ukraine to “make a DEAL” after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday but refused to offer the Tomahawk missiles or other help that Kyiv says are necessary to...
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Judge concerned about ICE activities in Chicago
CHICAGO -- A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday said she is “profoundly concerned” that immigration agents are violating her orders restricting the use of tear gas on media and protesters and ordered the field director for the Immigration and Customs...
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