(Davis, CA) — A festival celebrating Mother Earth takes place on Mother’s Day weekend. The Whole Earth Festival at UC Davis starts today at 12 p.m. The festival will have performances that include spoken word and an EDM set.Dozens of art vendors will be there, along with food and drink booths.The event is drug and…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The North State Building Industry Association’s April home sales report released yesterday for our 8 county region, shows increases in both Yuba & Sutter Counties.In Yuba County, 34 new homes sold last month – 29 of them in Plumas Lake alone. That’s a rise of five from March.For Sutter County in April,…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – With temperatures near 100 degrees this Saturday, what better time for a dip in the pool? That’s exactly what’s happening in Sutter as the annual Sutter Buttes Day Celebration takes place this weekend. The Appeal-Democrat reports activities kick off at 10:00 Saturday morning with a parade along Acacia Street and also includes…
(NorCal, CA) – Cal Fire has announced a total of $142-million, 600k in grants statewide to “restore the health and resilience of existing and recently burned forests.”That includes $7-million for Yuba County and $8-million, 500k to Butte County.The grants include post-fire restoration, reforestation and regeneration in the burn scars of 11 of California’s most catastrophic…
(Nevada City, CA) — Hundreds of people are protesting a proposal to reopen a gold mine in Nevada County. A large group attended the Nevada City council meeting Wednesday to raise concerns about the mine causing environmental issues.The Idaho-Maryland Mine in Grass Valley has been empty since the 1950s. Company Rise Gold Corp says restoring…
(Sacramento, CA) — Concert tickets in Sacramento and other cities are 25-dollars this week. It’s part of Live Nation’s Concert week, which started on Wednesday and will last until Tuesday.Local concerts include Logic at the Masonic in Downtown Sacramento and Nickelback at the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland. Live Nation organizers say the 25-dollar concert tickets…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in Olivehurst last February has led to a $30-million lawsuit against the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office along with sheriff’s deputies and Yuba County. 10-year-old Frank Rosiles Jr. was fatally shot on February 5th in what was then described by law enforcement as a “dispute among…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – With hot weather forecast in Yuba-Sutter for the weekend, it may be a good time to head for the foothills. Not only for cooler temps, but cool as in the Untz Festival taking place at Sycamore Ranch in Browns Valley.The 3 day event kicks off Friday and The Appeal-Democrat reports “hundreds of…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – PG&E has issued a warning that reports of scams targeting utility customers are at an all time high for the first 4 months of this year.The typical current scam is a caller claiming to be from PG&E threatening disconnection if immediate payment isn’t made, either with a pre-paid debit card, or money…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba Water Agency is implementing emergency repairs to Ostrom Road, between Virginia & South Beale Roads after a culvert running under the road failed, causing a sedan-sized sinkhole, which appears to be around 10 feet deep.The culvert is owned and maintained by Yuba Water and provides irrigation water to south Yuba…
