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California’s Snowpack Now Believed to Be Largest on Record

(South Lake Tahoe, CA) — California’s snowpack is now believed to be the state’s largest on record. Right now, the Southern Sierra snowpack is at 297-percent of its yearly average, and at its highest level in recorded history.The Northern Sierra snowpack is at 190-percent of its historical average, while the Central Sierra snowpack is at…

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Suspected Suicide on Campus at Lindhurst High School

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department received a report at around 5:40 yesterday morning, of a runaway juvenile, prompting a search by multiple deputies. While searching, dispatch received a call at 6:54am from a Lindhurst High School staff member saying they could see a person hanging from the second story of the school…

Yuba County Jury Finds Man Guilty of Felony Domestic Violence Against Marysville Woman
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Yuba County Jury Finds Man Guilty of Felony Domestic Violence Against Marysville Woman

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Yuba County Court, after around half-an-hour of deliberation, the jury found 28-year-old Joshua James Slaughter guilty of felony domestic violence following an incident involving a Marysville woman he had met on a dating app last summer.After a couple of months of dating, while at her residence, he began yelling at her,…

Sutter Buttes Easter Sunrise Service Canceled Due To Storm Damage – Sunrise Service at Ellis Lake is an Option
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Sutter Buttes Easter Sunrise Service Canceled Due To Storm Damage – Sunrise Service at Ellis Lake is an Option

(Release from Sutter Community Church) — With a heavy hearts, the Sutter Buttes Cross Committee have announced the cancellation of our “103rd Sutter Buttes Easter Sunrise Service.”The cancellation is due to weather related conditions on the hill caused by the constant, heavy rains this winter. Our first and foremost concern is for the safety and…

Sutter County Board of Supervisors Approve Sale of Kmart Property
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Sutter County Board of Supervisors Approve Sale of Kmart Property

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a plan to sell up to seven county owned properties. That includes – most notably – the former Kmart in Yuba City, which they bought for $8.2-million two years ago.There were plans then to convert it into a headquarters for the Health and…

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Wheatland City Manager Resigning

(Wheatland, CA) – The former Live Oak City Manager, Jim Goodwin, who was let go five years ago by the Live Oak City Council, “confirmed with The Appeal on Wednesday” that he’s resigning his current position as Wheatland City Manager, effective June 30th.The Appeal-Democrat reports Goodwin “declined to comment “at the time of his removal…

Update for Yuba, Feather, Sacramento Rivers and Lake Oroville
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Update for Yuba, Feather, Sacramento Rivers and Lake Oroville

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Releases out of Lake Oroville are largely unchanged for three days now, in the 14,500 cubic feet per second range. That matches almost exactly inflow over the same period. The lake level as a result has remained at 857 feet, 82% of capacity, over the last 72 hours.Consequently, area river levels are…