(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Museum has won a $25,000 competitive grant from California Humanities to research, develop and install a permanent exhibit about Black History in Yuba & Sutter Counties, according to the museum’s director, who tells The Appeal-Democrat they were one of only ten organizations in our state “to receive this funding.”
(Sacramento, CA) — Caltrans is asking for more than 20-million-dollars over the next two years to clear homeless encampments throughout California.Officials with the California Department of Transportation are also asking the state for six-million dollars to help fund their recently established Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions. The funding would be used to work on…
(Yuba-Sutter. CA) – The Marysville City Council has approved entering into an agreement for the sale of 11,000 square feet at 302 and 304 D Street, to Harinder Johl for $66,800, for the development of a four story, 34 unit apartment complex. The Appeal-Democrat reports Johl “was confident the new building could be completed within…
(Oroville, CA) – The Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force reports the seizure of 11-and-1/2 ounces of fentanyl and 1.51 grams of meth, following a surveillance operation of 48-year-old Melvin Eugene Alves at the Golden Feather Mobile Home Park in Oroville.Alves was out of custody and on parole when agents observed him engaging in a possible…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A new event is coming to Marysville, known as Population Anime-Con. The Appeal-Democrat reports a “love for anime by the organizers” is the inspiration for the event, and a desire to “do things differently and in a way that includes the community,” and lists the ‘masterminds’ as Santi Jayy, Monica Lagunas, Virginia…
(Colusa County, CA) – The new Colusa County Jail project – 10 years now since originally being determined as necessary to replace the existing 60-year-old facility – has taken an important procedural step forward. The Colusa County Board of Supervisors has approved a resolution affirming the county’s cost match of $15.6-million-dollars, and conditionally awarded the…
(Monterey Park, CA) — Governor Gavin Newsom says the Second Amendment is becoming a “suicide pact” in the wake of recent mass shootings in the state.The governor is calling for stricter gun laws after two more shootings in two days in California – most recently Monday in Half Moon Bay where seven people were killed…
(Los Angeles, CA) — The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 4.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Malibu early this morning. Residents of Los Angeles took to social media to report being awoken by the rumbling.Now reports of aftershocks are coming in. Minutes after the initial earthquake at 2 a.m., officials say a 3.5…
(Shasta County, CA) — Shasta County board of supervisors voted to end their contract with Dominion Voting Systems because some voters say they don’t trust the machines. The supervisors reached a split vote during yesterday’s meeting.The decision was made after a long debate about the machines from the public and Supervisor Patrick Jones, who led…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Sunday morning at 6:40, the Yuba City Police Department received several 911 calls regarding a man armed with a hatchet, in the Raley’s parking lot. He was seen hacking away at a vehicle, then, used the hatchet to smash the windows of an occupied vehicle before walking away. The hatchet suspect, identified…
