
- Yuba City merchants oppose sign law revision
- Yuba City is trying to walk a tight rope between businesses that say banners and billboards make them money and the people who think they're eyesores.
About 20 people, including a half-dozen ad-hoc c... Full story
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- Marysville tries again with B Street property
- A five-acre property on B Street in Marysville has... Full story
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- Unlicensed contractor wanted in Sutter County arrested
- An unlicensed contractor from Cameron Park was arr... Full story
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- Briefs: Fifth Street Bridge work to close lane
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- Ordinance on guns and levees resurfaces
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- New trial date set for suspect in Yuba City attempted murder
- By Rob Parsons/ADcrimebeat
- A new trial date has been set for the Yuba City man charged with trying to kill a man two years ago behind the Palisade Hotel during a drunken argument over $20.
Martin Anthony Galindo has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of the Troy Robin... Full story
- $135B gap in pension funds
- By Judy Lin/Associated Press
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SACRAMENTO — Two dozen city and county governments in California face a combined $135.7 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, according to a study released Tuesday that also found the problem is growing.
The Stanford Institute for E... Full story
- $4 million deficit is Sutter County's 'new normal'
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- This story has been corrected from an earlier version that appeared in print.
Call it progress, or as one supervisor did, the "new normal," but a projected $4 million deficit for fiscal 2012-13 didn't cause Sutter County supervisors to bat much of a... Full story
- Out-of-state track operator revs up anger in Marysville
- By Nancy Pasternack/ADnpasternack
- Local motocross enthusiasts did not care much for Marysville's decision on Tuesday night to go with an out-of-state operator for the Beckwourth Riverfront Park track.
Armstrong Racing LLC out of Gardnerville, Nev., secured a five-year contract with ... Full story
- Army Corps seeks comments on levee vegetation waiver
- By Ben van der Meer/ADbvandermeer
- Whether trees and shrubs should be allowed on levees, and under what circumstances, is being studied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Or more accurately, still being studied, even though officials began considering the issue years ago, and the s... Full story

- A day with the birds
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- Briefs: 4 hikes in Buttes scheduled
- Sutter County
Four hikes in the Sutter Buttes are planned this weekend by the Middle Mountain Foundation, with advance registration required.
Each hike is $35 per person.
The scheduled hikes are:
Saturday — The Ridge Ascent, Bragg Canyon, ... Full story

- Eastbound Fifth Street bridge closing Sunday morning
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- The Fifth Street bridge, which connects Marysville to Yuba City, will be closed to eastbound traffic on Sunday morning.
The Yuba City Public Works Department said the closure is taking place Sunday from 6 a.m. to noon.
"The closure is so the Public... Full story
- Yuba City police identify officer in fatal shooting
- By Rob Parsons/ADcrimebeat
- A Yuba City police officer who shot and killed a homicide suspect on Valentine's Day has been identified.
The police department confirmed that Sgt. Chad Lizardo was the officer who opened fire on Steven George Williams on Franklin Avenue just minute... Full story
- Vandals damage Smartsville Post Office lobby
- By Rob Parsons/ADcrimebeat
- Investigators are working to identify the suspect or suspects that vandalized the lobby of the Smartsville Post Office over the weekend.
No mail was stolen during the incident, U.S. Postal spokesman Troy Dickinson said.
Damage was described as &ldq... Full story
- Olivehurst resident not running for Yuba supervisor
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- Plumas Lake marijuana suspects post bail
- By Rob Parsons/ADcrimebeat
- March arraignment dates have been set for two of the three people arrested last week in a $1 million marijuana raid in Plumas Lake.
All three defendants -- Guo Xiong Li, Jian Xiong Liu, and Shi Yuan Kuang -- posted bail within hours of their arrests... Full story

- Suspect in indecent exposure case due in Sutter court
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- A Sutter County indecent exposure case is back on track after more than a year.
Jose Cristobal Soto is charged with exposing himself and masturbating in March of last year to multiple people, including several teenage girls, while driving on the Fra... Full story
- 4th shooting in Yuba City worries residents
- By Rob Parsons/ADcrimebeat
- Anxiety is mounting for some residents in southwest Yuba City following the Sunday night shooting of a local man on Franklin Avenue, marking the fourth episode of gun violence in the city in as many weeks.
An unidentified man was shot in the ankle S... Full story