Marysville Appeal-Democrat
Recently retired FBI agent who grew up in Sutter County releases book on confronting trauma
April 27, 2013 wasn’t a day that FBI Special Agent Arvinder Ginda would forget during his long career in federal law enforcement. On that afternoon, an 8-year-old girl named Leila Fowler was found viciously stabbed more than 20 times in her west...
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Colusa’s hotly debated Sites Reservoir proposal passes another hurdle for approval
While California Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump disagree on a number of issues, one project they both strongly support is the controversial plan to build Sites Reservoir in the rolling foothills on the west side of the Sacramento...
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A Butte County woman just defeated the world’s richest tech companies in court
Meta and Google reportedly have a combined value of well over a trillion dollars, but all the high-priced attorneys that money can buy didn’t save them last week from a civil action that was just brought by a young woman from Butte County. Referred to...
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Community gathers to remember fallen Marysville police officer Osmar Rodarte at new memorial bench
A memorial bench honoring a fallen police officer was unveiled Thursday at Veterans Park in Marysville. About 50 to 60 people attended the tribute to Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte a year after his death. The 27-year-old officer was shot and...
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Bus tour highlights Sutter Union High students Landmarks of Legacy project
Students at Sutter Union High School in the Future Business Leaders of America program reminisced on Wednesday about the process it took to build seven landmarks from Meridian to Yuba City. They had fabricated the historical signs over the course of...
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A small group of chickens are the Yuba-sutter area’s unlikely guardians against West Nile Virus
Yuba City and Marysville are known far and wide for feral chickens, yet it is several flocks of domestic cluckers who are quietly helping protect those communities from West Nile Virus. That was an observation made to the Yuba City Council last week...
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Students from Lindhurst and Faith Christian make their arguments during mock trial competition
Did classically trained chef Haley Fromholz murder celebrity chef Morgan Sears, star of the reality TV cooking competition show, “Recipe for Success?’ Sears died after ingesting poison heartstopper mushrooms, and it was up to prosecuting attorneys to...
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‘The brave and the bold’ at Bok Kai
A woman has finally been identified nearly 50 years after being left strangled and naked in a snowbank in the Sierra, the Placer County Sheriff ’s Office announced. On the late afternoon of Dec. 17, 1977, a couple from the Bay Area were out walking...
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Yuba killer Johnny Nanlap was a red flag for the state’s early parole controversy: A lawsuit that followed will keep him lock up
“A devil in my head telling me to kill, kill, kill.” That’s what a young man reportedly muttered to Yuba County jail deputies when he was first hauled in. And he spoke those words after leaving a scene of carnage behind him on 4th Street in...
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North of Colusa, a winery full of Trappist monks keeps reaching for vino heaven
Sometimes wine can heighten our sense of the history around us. Fifty-seven miles north of Colusa, there is place where lasting legacies come alive, from the vines and crops growing on a famed tycoon’s lost ranch, to the wayward stones of a 12th...
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146th Annual Bok Kai Parade and Festival offers Chinese culture in Marysville this coming weekend
The Year of the Horse canters in this weekend in downtown Marysville with the 146th Annual Bok Kai Parade and Festival. This colorful cultural event highlights Marysville’s rich Chinese heritage. The Chinese water god, “Bok Eye” or “Bok I,” is...
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Looking back at the violent mysteries of the Mid-valley’s rivers
There’s a lasting mythos in the Midvalley, an array of longtime stories reaching from the Silver Dollar Saloon to those iron bridge-plates where the river bends against a fading redness before nightfall. It’s the power of lore and ‘twice told...
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Ten years after Yuba County axed its Fish and Game Commission, a new program arrives for conservation
A decade agon, the Yuba County Board of Supervisors decided to eliminate its county Fish and Game commission. Generally, those commissions across California advise their respective local governments on wildlife management, as well as administer certain...
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Jelavich family donates $100,000 toward new livestock show pavilion at Y-S Fairgrounds
A Yuba City family has donated $100,000 toward the construction of a new pavilion at the Yuba-sutter Fairgrounds for the annual youth livestock show. In a statement from the Yuba-sutter Fair Heritage Foundation, Fair CEO Dave Dillabo described the...
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Bi-county ambulance celebrates 50 years
Bi-county Ambulance celeb rated half-a-century of service in Yuba and Sutter counties during a ceremony at the company’s Yuba City headquarters on Wednesday, March 11. Alex Bumpus, the company’s current president and CEO, spoke about the company...
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World rushes to shore up oil supplies
The U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran forced world governments to intervene to shore up energy supplies, even as President Donald Trump once again said fighting will end soon. The International Energy Agency approved its largest-ever release of emergency...
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Markets whipsaw over Iran news
WASHINGTON — Energy markets whipsawed for a second consecutive day as investors raced to interpret rapidly shifting comments from the Trump administration over the war in Iran. Oil prices plummeted after Energy Secretary Chris Wright erroneously...
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Military objectives ‘pretty well complete’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political...
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U.S. demands Iran’s complete surrender
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the U.S. has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight...
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President wants say over Iran’s next leader
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared he would be “personally involved” in selecting Iran’s next leader as U.S. and Israeli forces continued their bombardment of its government Thursday, even as officials in Tehran insisted they could withstand...
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Another day another reason or two for attacking Iran
WASHINGTON — The White House tried for a fifth day Wednesday to explain why the United States is waging war in Iran — this time it was press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s turn — as Democrats said the president has not made a clear case. Leavitt led...
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White House anonymously gives purpose to war in Iran
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump decided negotiations would go nowhere with Iranian officials after Tehran’s “clever” negotiators “procrastinated” and masked their true nuclear capabilities and goals, senior administration officials said...
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President predicts a month or more of war
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday refused to box himself in on how long U.S. military operations will last in Iran, saying the conflict in the Middle East could stretch a month or potentially “far longer” as he frames the mission as one...
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Embassies evacuated in Mideast
Countries including the U.S., U.K. and China evacuated embassy staff in the Middle East and issued travel advisories amid concerns about a regional conflict, as President Donald Trump on Friday sounded downbeat about diplomatic talks meant to avert...
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Epstein worked to influence those who could stop him
Jeffrey Epstein didn’t beat the justice system by accident. For decades, the New York financier curated a network of influential people — politicians, business titans, media figures and academics — whom he leveraged to build his fortune and restore...
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Cubans say they killed 4 in boat from United States
Cuba says a boat with 10 people near its coast early Wednesday was carrying weapons, and its occupants — Cubans living in the U.S. — were intent on entering the country to fight against the government. The Cuban Coast Guard shot and killed four of the...
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Habitat for Humanity seeks owner for refurbished house
Habitat for Humanity Yuba/ Sutter has a home for an active military member or veteran, or someone who has maintained stable rental housing after experiencing homelessness. Interested individuals have to attend one of three orientations scheduled for...
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From California drug dealer to deceased cartel kingpin
Long before he had a $15 million bounty on his head as the leader of Mexico’s ruthless Jalisco New Generation cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes was a scruffy-haired kid trying to eke out a living on the streets of San Francisco. He crossed the...
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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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