Yuba City Moving Forward with Affordable Housing Developments
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Yuba City Moving Forward with Affordable Housing Developments

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Council has given its approval to a development plan for Merriment Village, the proposed 217 unit affordable housing project to be buitl at 428 North Walton Avenue.Habitat for Humanity has applied for a so-called “Homekey 3.0” state grant, however, according to The Appeal-Democrat, the total Homekey 3.0 fund contains…

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Marysville Considers Ellis Lake Clean Up Plan

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – An update regarding conditions at Ellis Lake was provided Tuesday by Marysville City Manager Jim Schaad, as the city has been confronting everything from aquatic weeds to algae buildup in recent months. The Appeal-Democrat reports Schaad’s update included that the city is currently obtaining a permit, required to remove those water pollutantsThe…

Major Remodeling Project Kicks Off at Foothill Intermediate School
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Major Remodeling Project Kicks Off at Foothill Intermediate School

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The ‘walls came tumbling down’ yesterday at Foothill Intermediate School as the Marysville Joint Unified school District held a demolition party to make way for a remodeled version of the school. It’s all part of an ongoing efforts by the school district to ‘modernize’ the facility, as The Appeal-Democrat reports the original…

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Yuba City Shows Slight Unemployment Rate Improvement

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yuba City’s August unemployment rate showed a slight improvement from July, according to the latest report from the State Employment Development Department.Last month’s unemployment rate was 6.4%, down from 6.6% in July, but up significantly from August of last year when it was 5.3%.Sutter County’s August unemployment rate was 6-1/2% and Yuba…

New Sutter County Cosmetology School Schedules Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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New Sutter County Cosmetology School Schedules Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Superintendent of Schools is inviting the public to the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the district’s new Sutter County Cosmetology School, at 939 Live Oak Boulevard in Yuba City.The ribbon-cutting is a week from today, September 27th at 10:00 that morning. You’re invited to tour the school, meet…

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Yuba Water Agency Commits $200,000 for Yuba County Foothills Water Delivery Improvement & Repairs

(YWA release) — Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors today committed $200,000 to help the North Yuba Water District upgrade a deteriorating wooden flume that delivers water for residential and agricultural use in the Yuba County foothills. The funds will cover the construction of a new, inverted siphon to replace the aging Hell for Stout…

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PG&E Considering Public Safety Power Shutoffs in 8 NorCal Counties

(Yolo County, CA) — Today, P-G-and-E is considering public safety power shutoffs that would impact more than 42-hundred customers in eight Northern California counties. The power shutoffs would impact people in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Napa, Shasta, Tehama and Yolo Counties.Two tribal communities, the Grindstone Rancheria and Pit River Tribes, may also be impacted.It comes…

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2,000 Plants Seized, Arrest Made at Illegal Dobbins Marijuana Grow

(Dobbins, CA) – Another successful investigation by the Yuba County Marijuana Eradication Team. Search warrants were served last Thursday morning in Dobbins: One, in the 15000 block of Pecan Lane where six greenhouses held over 1,500 plants. The other in the 15000 block of Winther Way, where agents found 286 plants over 8 feet tall….

Browns Valley Man Pleads No Contest to Starting Scott Fire
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Browns Valley Man Pleads No Contest to Starting Scott Fire

(Browns Valley, CA) – 34-year-old Jim Fiske of Browns Valley has pled no contest to arson for setting fires in the area of Scott Grant Road on June 15th, resulting in the Scott Fire. That blaze grew to 115 acres before Cal Fire crews contained it. No structures were impacted and no one was injured.Fiske…