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Hills set ‘Sunday in the Park’

Family fun will be served with hot dogs at the Brownsville Amphitheater during the first-time “Sunday in the Park” event this weekend. The event, hosted by the Brownsville Recreation Committee, will feature pony rides, egg races and a watermelon-eating contest. Each child that participates in the races will get a grab bag of goodies, and […]

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Wheatland schools receive $730,000

Wheatland Elementary School District received two grants totaling more than $700,000 to help students’ safety and mental health. A five-year, $500,000 grant was awarded to Lone Tree School under the state’s School Community Violence Prevention Program. The funds will go to provide an intervention counselor who will serve as a modified probation officer for students […]

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Prison time for making porn

A Browns Valley man pleaded guilty Tuesday to four child pornography charges in Sacramento federal court and is expected to plead guilty to another charge locally, officials said. Richard John Matuck will be sentenced to federal prison Oct. 16 after pleading guilty to three charges of producing images of child pornography and one count of […]

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Cars, sludge fly at mudbogging races

Yuba-Sutter traffic fatalities dropped significantly in the first half of 2007, according to the California Highway Patrol. Between Jan. 1 and June 15, there have been four fatalities, down from eight last year and 16 in 2005. Part of the decline has come from the drop in drunken driver and seatbelt-related fatalities. Only one death […]

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Anti-crime night

Yuba and Sutter county residents are flipping on the lights Tuesday night for block parties to let criminals know their neighborhoods aren’t going to let crime happen. Law enforcement officials from both counties will be going to about 20 gatherings for National Night Out. The national event focuses on community awareness to prevent crimes. People […]

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YSDI seeking city’s OK to expand facility

An expansion project for Yuba-Sutter Disposal Inc.’s Integrated Waste Recovery Facility in Marysville can go forward without further environmental reports, according to a city report. The project at the former landfill will allow YSDI to increase the amount of material it processes each day and the total amount of feedstock and compost material it can […]

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Prepping for the big show

Crowns and cows were on display during the second day of the 2007 Yuba-Sutter Fair on Thursday night as the new Mini Miss Yuba-Sutter was crowned and livestock were being prepped for their big show today. Sabina Dhillon, 12, of Yuba City was crowned Mini Miss Yuba-Sutter after more than two hours of competition. The […]

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Men don heels – and a dress

It’s not every day you see a man in a pink dress walking through the mall while pushing a wheelchair. But Rick Patterson shuffled his way through two laps around the inside of the Yuba Sutter Mall on Saturday afternoon to help raise awareness about sexual violence against women during Walk a Mile in Her […]

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Literary lessons in Marysville

When is a bookstore more than just a bookstore? When it pulls in the past and hooks the community on writing. Amicus Books, at 413 D St. in downtown Marysville, has a give-and-take relationship with Yuba and Sutter counties. Kara and James Davis have owned Amicus Books for more than three years. They started in […]

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