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Disability Group Files Lawsuit Against Governor Newsom’s CARE Act

(Sacramento, CA) — Disability and civil rights groups are asking the Supreme Court to block a plan to put homeless people who are mentally ill into court ordered mental health treatment. Disability Rights California and several other groups filed the lawsuit yesterday.The groups say the CARE Act violates the due process rights of people with…

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Lawmakers Introduce Gun Owner Insurance Bill

(Sacramento, CA) — Democratic lawmakers are introducing a bill that will make gun owners purchase liability insurance. Senate Bill 8 will require gun owners to buy the insurance just in case they use the gun in a negligent way or on accident. It’s one of several gun control measures that’s being considered this legislative session.This…

Sutter County Sheriff’s Boat Patrol Rescues CDFW Researchers
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Sutter County Sheriff’s Boat Patrol Rescues CDFW Researchers

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s Boat Patrol was called yesterday to the Sacramento River near Grimes to rescue a stranded California Department of Fish and Wildlife research boat. It had become caught up in log piles at the Tisdale Weir.A press release from the Sutter County Sheriff’s office notes that the researchers were…

Stolen Sutter County UTV Recovered
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Stolen Sutter County UTV Recovered

(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office reports that a 2107 Honda Pioneer UTV reported stolen January 3rd was successfully recovered yesterday. It had been reported stolen from a property at George Washington Boulevard & Lincoln Road.Yesterday, SCSO received a tip that the stolen UTV was seen on the bank of the Feather River,…

$50,000 Reward Being Offered in Bidwell Canyon Campground Cold Case
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$50,000 Reward Being Offered in Bidwell Canyon Campground Cold Case

(Butte County, CA) – Butte County Sheriff’s detectives continue to “actively and zealously” investigate the murder of 20-year-old Tyler Dickson of San Pablo, who was fatally shot while sleeping in a tent the night of July 3rd, 2021 in the Bidwell Canyon Campground.BSCO has issued a press release that the Governor’s Reward Program amount for…

Sutter County Museum Wins Competitive Grant for Permanent “Black History of Yuba-Sutter Exhibit”
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Sutter County Museum Wins Competitive Grant for Permanent “Black History of Yuba-Sutter Exhibit

(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.”

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Caltrans Ask For $20 Million To Clear Encampments

(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…

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Marysville City Council Approves Apartment Complex Development Agreement

(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…

Two Pounds of Fentanyl Seized in Oroville Arrest
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Two Pounds of Fentanyl Seized in Oroville Arrest

(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…

Population Anime-Con Event Saturday in Marysville
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Population Anime-Con Event Saturday in Marysville

(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…