(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Saying it will “make a huge difference in the lives of families, seniors, children, man and women in need,” Yuba-Sutter Foodbank Chairperson Jackie Sillman tells The Appeal-Democrat that they have been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Sandberg Goldberg Charitable Support Fund, adding “it will help our organization continue to provide meals…
Colusa County, CA) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued updated flood maps for Colusa County, revising the risks & hazards from the Sacramento River, Salt Creek at Williams, Stone Corral Creek near Maxwell and Elk Creek, where it impacts Colusa County along two separate stretches.FEMA is now seeking public input through April 16th…
(San Francisco, CA) — Video of the California attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband is being released today. The 82-year-old isn’t sure yet if she’ll see it.Paul Pelosi was asleep when police say a man broke into their San Francisco home in October and beat him with a hammer. He’s been making progress…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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,…
(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…
(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…
