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Amid packed council chambers, Yuba City continued itstradition of rotating mayors…by naming Council member, Wade Kirchner asthe new leader of the city.Along with Kirchner taking over mayoral duties from former mayor andcurrent council-member, Dave Shaw, Yuba City Councilmember, Shon Harristook over Kirchner’s previous role as vice mayor.Rather than have an elected mayor on the council, Yuba City rotates thepositions of mayor and vice mayor among current council members on ayearly basis.

The CHP in Yuba-Sutter is looking into a scam, after a man bought a 2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost from a private party for only $50,000 in cash. But when he went to the DMV in Yuba City, DMV investigators noticed that the public VIN did not match another VIN. CHP was called in to help, and…

Jerry Allen Johnson, one half of the infamous Johnsonbrothers involved in a string of burglaries over several years getssentenced in a Yuba County courtroom to 25 years to life after hislatest guilty verdict for a residential burglary in February.Johnson was found guilty in Oct. by a Yuba County jury of a breakin near a home on Forty Mile Road in Wheatland.

Water officials make the announcement to the media that California water agencies, that serve 27 millionpeople, will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start2023.The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driestthree-year stretch on record while water managers brace for a fourthyear with below-average precipitation.

In their meeting Wednesday night, Marysville City Council honored Officer Souza of the Marysville Police Department for his life saving actions. The Marysville Police Department reports that Officer Souza jumped into Ellis lake with all of his gear on to save a man from a vehicle that had crashed into Ellis Lake. Officer Souza was able…

In a media release on Wednesday, the Yuba City Police Department is warning residents of a Publishers Clearing House Scam where victims are notified by mail that they have won a large cash prize but not to disclose the information with any third parties.Yuba City police report that they are currently investigating an incident with…

 A Paradise man on felony probation is arrested forgrand theft and false impersonation.Officials say 26-year-old, Hunter Harris was picked up by officers athis home on Village Parkway. Harris is probation for robbery.After the standoff he is soon booked. A list of charges in thecase Harris is in court this week. The case continues.

Officers arrest a suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman walking in Yuba City last month.Officials tell the Appeal Democreat that someone reported finding the suspect vehicle, which had been burned, at a local tow yard.We reported the car hit a woman walking across Garden Highway, near Del Monte Avenue back on…

The identity of a man found at the Recology facility in Marysville in late April has been identified by Yuba County officials.It was 57-year-old Ron Lamp of Magalia. The case continues as authorities search for details on how the body ended up at the Marysville facility.

The Brandie Fire, off Brandie Drive and Loma Rica Road, northeast of Marysville in Yuba County is 75 acres and 50% contained, at last check. CAL FIRE reports the blaze is burning grass and oak woodland.Smoke from the fire is visible in all of southern Butte County. They stress, there are no threats at this…