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(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – At their meeting yesterday, the Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors approved $912,000 in grants for controlled flood risk reduction, water safety and water infrastructure improvements in South Yuba County.$650,000 will go to the Olivehurst Public Utility District toward its sewer consolidation project, converting “nearly 150 homes” from septic to sewer, according…

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Office of Emergency Services has scheduled its annual Be Prepared Fair for next Thursday the 16th in Brownsville at the Ponderosa Community Center, from 5:00 until 7:30 pm.The event will include dozens of local and state agencies, an emergency vehicles display including a helicopter and supplies to build your…

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The City of Marysville is seeking resident’s input on the possible renewal of Measure C, the 1% general sales tax passed by voters eight years ago in 2016. It is set to expire next year.Since enacted, Measure C has brought in on average $4-million a year, all going to the city. The…

(Sacramento, CA) — Pro-Palestinian protesters at Sacramento State University must clear out of their encampment by tonight. That’s according to the university’s latest update. Dozens of people have been camping in tents on the campus’ library quad since April 29th, calling for the university to divest from Israel. Members of the encampment marched through campus…

(Sacramento, CA) — A high school in Sacramento is facing backlash for a quote published in its newspaper. The quote, recently printed in the C.K. McClatchy High School newspaper ‘The Prospector,’ says “Hitler’s got some good ideas.” The anonymous student quote appeared in a back page column. It was one of nine featured responses to…

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Yuba County Court yesterday, 43-year-old Joe Baldwin of Placerville was sentenced to 4 years, 4 months for DUI causing great bodily injury. Baldwin was arrested last October 23rd when, according to a Yuba County District Attorney press release, he had an argument with his wife and went for a drive to…

(Oroville, CA) – An Oroville man has been arrested and charged with felony vandalism for destroying several trees with a machete in Riverbend Park.Several other park-goers reportedly tried to talk 31-year-old Charlie Hipes Jr. out of his destructive behavior as they witnessed the destruction, at around 9:30 the morning of Thursday, May 2nd, however, he…

(Lake Oroville, CA) – As of this morning, Lake Oroville is now officially 100% full. This is the second year in a row the lake has reached full capacity.Releases today remain almost exactly matching inflow in the 11,500 cfs (cubic feet per second) range.Meanwhile, Lake Shasta is at 97% of capacity.DWR is reporting an increase…

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — A wind advisory for the Sacramento Valley, including the Yuba-Sutter area,  goes into effect tonight. It will last from eleven p.m. to eight o’clock Thursday morning. The National Weather Service is calling for winds between 20 and 30-miles-per-hour, with gusts as strong as 45-miles-per-hour.The south and central Sacramento Valley and the Delta…

(Davis, CA) — A pro-Palestinian protest encampment is now in place at U.C. Davis. The encampment was set up Monday morning, in the campus’ Memorial Union Quad. UC Davis says it was presented with a list of demands from the protesters and is actively monitoring the situation.A group called Davis Popular University for the Liberation…