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Fire now is safety later

Fires are being set along Yuba-Sutter levees this summer to help hold back floodwaters this winter. Between now and the end of July, levees in Yuba and Sutter counties will be burned to clear grass and meet state requirements for inspections. With the weeds out of the way, the levees can be checked for holes […]

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Plenty of fun at Colusa Fair

Hot dogs, fried Twinkies and a ferris wheel were all warmed up for the beginning of the Colusa County Fair on Thursday night. The theme of this year’s fair is “Your Brand of Fun,” and there is more than enough fun to go around. For thrilling fun, there are the many rides from Midway of […]

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Yuba inventor’s dream dashed

An Olivehurst man says he lost his will to invent after seeing his Christmas tree smoke detector invention on an ABC reality show. “You dream of something, and this just crushes it,” Chris Long, a third-generation painter and first-generation inventor, said Friday. Long watched “American Inventor” with his wife Wednesday night to see if they […]

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Appeal-Democrat | Archive | Writing

Plenty of fun at Colusa Fair

Hot dogs, fried Twinkies and a ferris wheel were all warmed up for the beginning of the Colusa County Fair on Thursday night. The theme of this year’s fair is “Your Brand of Fun,” and there is more than enough fun to go around. For thrilling fun, there are the many rides from Midway of […]

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From BUGS to bikes

In Mong Xiong’s rush to find a seat at a lunchtime awards assembly, he missed his name being called out by Kiwanis member Seth Fuhrer. When a woman handed him a bike helmet, he turned around to see a new, red Mongoose bike. “That’s for you,” Fuhrer told Mong. The seventh-grader was one of 10 […]

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