Marysville Appeal-Democrat
Grit, guts and glory are at the heart of new Sutter Buttes Showdown on May 17
In “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway wrote that “nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters.” And when it comes to the chute-banging, dirt-breaking action of rodeos in the American West, many see that same risky truth bear...
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Colusa’s mosquito abatement team discusses Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Virus while tapping public for vigilance
This summer, a small group of professionals in Colusa County have a big job ahead of them – trying to safeguard the community from several health threats carried on the wings of tiny intruders. In the past, that mission was primarily about controlling...
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‘No one is above the law.’ Fans of the Feather River cheer as farming counties defeat State before California Supreme Court, nullifying funds for embattled Delta Tunnel
Those worried about the survival of salmon and steelhead populations in the Feather, Yuba and Sacramento rivers were relieved last week when the California Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Newsom Administration created an invalid...
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Silver Dollar Saloon will host street celebration Saturday ahead of closing its doors for catering shift
The owners of one of Marysville’s most-talked-about saloons are hosting a street party this Saturday to trumpet the establishment’s shift from a bar and restaurant into an events center. Dubbed the “One for the Road” gettogether, the event runs 2 p.m....
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Congressional candidate Eric Jones, running to represent part of Yuba-sutter, argues ‘The American dream is for everyone’
The race is on for California’s Fourth District seat and the Appeal-democrat thinks it’s a safe bet that newcomer Eric Jones and incumbent Mike Thompson will bring their A games in the battle to represent part of the Mid-valley. Jones, a Democrat, has...
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The Confronters: How a ruling on a Yuba County murder case opened the cell door to another death
The country lanes winding east from Wheatland up to the Spenceville Wildlife Area are rough in wintertime – broken, mud-torn and potted with enough standing rain water to mirror the passing clouds. It was off one of those tumbling backroads that a...
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Alleged DUI driver runs into house in Yuba City Wednesday morning
A reportedly intoxicated driver left the road early Wednesday morning and plowed into the front door of a residence in Yuba City, according to Yuba City police reports. At approximately 2:45 a.m. on April 22, officers responded to the area of B Street...
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After decades together, Yuba-sutter’s joint NET-5 Task Force for drugs splits up
Top law enforcement officials in Sutter and Yuba counties have announced a plan to dissolve the NET-5 Task Force, responsible for a slew of weapons and narcotics busts across jurisdictional lines since 1980. Officials from each side of the Feather...
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The next generation of rodeo riders are learning their trade in the Mid-valley at the Flying U Ranch
The Flying U Rodeo Ranch held its annual Free Rough Stock School on Monday and Tuesday, allowing young bull and broncriding hopefuls to learn from the best competitors in the sport. It all happened at the Rosser’s family arena in the unincorporated...
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Sutter County Museum gets a lively turnout for tribute to Punjabi-american culture
With roots in India, and their lives in Yuba City, Sikhs came to the Sutter County Museum Friday night to reconnect with their culture as they viewed the exhibition, “Beyond the Five Rivers: Punjabi Pioneers Through the Art of Sarabjit Singh.” The...
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Despite construction woes, a new team at the Appeal-democrat is settling in with an eye on re-energized coverage
Greetings from the editor! Marysville’s Lake Ellis Drive may look like it’s under something akin to military occupation from the State, but anyone who has made it through the construction mess and navigated to the Appeal-democrat’s office has probably...
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Yuba County Board of Supervisors votes down special district proposal for community college
Three of five Yuba County Board of Supervisor members voted ‘no’ on adopting a resolution to form a school facilities improvement district – one proponents had hoped would ultimately spark the passing of a $300 million bond to repair and modernize Yuba...
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The doomed daredevil of Yosemite, and how he died, chronicled in new four-part documentary show on HBO
The life and legacy of extreme climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter will be explored in a new four-part HBO docuseries airing Tuesday evening. “The Dark Wizard” is described by Warner Bros. as an “up-close and unflinching portrait” of Potter, who...
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Ishi’s story still haunts the Valley and beyond
It’s hard to believe that it happened in Oroville of all places, that an embodiment of the land’s lost voices – and a final survivor of the state’s darkest crimes – appeared in the flesh near barking dogs at a slaughterhouse on the edge of town. He...
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‘Neon Alley’ to cast a callback glow on Plumas Street
Yuba City’s Plumas Street is a hub for art and entertainment in the region, but it’s about to get even more eye-catching with the arrival of a new initiative called ‘Neon Alley.’ According to the local creative community, this project will blend...
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Yolo County owner of deadly fireworks plant also accused of suspected payroll fraud, cheating the state
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected]. At least six people were arrested Thursday in connection to the Esparto blast that killed...
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James Gallagher’s big issues in congressional run are cost of living, housing, government waste
YUBA CITY — After 12 years serving in the state assembly, James Gallagher (R-yuba City) is running for Congress in California’s 1st Congressional District. Gallagher, the descendant of Irish immigrants who came to Northern California in the 1800s, is...
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Yuba one of seven California counties to receive $145.4 million in state homeless funds
Eight communities across California including Yuba County will receive almost $150 million to move homeless people into housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. Yuba, Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Santa Clara, Lake, Orange and Riverside counties will...
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Fertilizer costs in the Mid-valley driven up by ongoing war
As the U.s.-israel war on Iran continues, stifled trade is making its way to farmers in the Mid-valley and North State. Among many business delays caused by the war, reported global fertilizer shortages may inflate input costs for farmers here after...
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Beale Air Force Base earns high-level environmental award for efforts against ‘forever chemicals,’ pollutants
Beale Air Force Base earned a prominent military award for its stewardship of the base’s natural resources from 2024 through 2025 and for its innovation in resolving complex environmental concerns, the latter recognition coming on March...
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Yuba City Taekwondo stand-outs kick their way into state championship on Saturday
There is a sense of camaraderie when walking into Master Joseph Rivera’s studio at 7 Star Taekwondo. Young kids lie on their backs on chairs, concentrating on their books or devices. As children start gathering for a 4 p.m. class with their parents on...
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Top takeaways from latest governor’s race forum
Four of the top Democrats running for California governor on Wednesday told a agriculture-friendly Central Valley audience that the left-leaning state’s restrictions on business and the environment have made life more difficult for farmers and should...
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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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