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Today might be their lucky day

Couples across the country are looking to cash in on a little luck from the calendar, and one Yuba County official is mixing in the Summer of Love to his wedding. Today’s date, 07/07/07 for short, is seen as lucky because of the rare occurrence of sevens in the day, month and year. Because of […]

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Summer Kids: On A Roll

Underneath the rush hour traffic on the 10th Street bridge, smaller engines send two wheels flying through the air off dirt ramps and sliding through steep curves. Riverfront Park hosts dirt bikers of all ages every Tuesday and Thursday night from 5 to 9:30 p.m. The main track is set aside for the more experienced […]

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Taking care of the hill people

When mobile home park owners Bob and Dee Kearns lost a customer in the early 1970s, a new community care center was born. Thirty-three years later, that dream is kept alive by the first two doctors to staff what is now the Sutter North Medical Foundation’s Brownsville branch. Dr. William Hoffman and Dr. John Rose […]

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Summer Kids: On A Roll

Underneath the rush hour traffic on the 10th Street bridge, smaller engines send two wheels flying through the air off dirt ramps and sliding through steep curves. Riverfront Park hosts dirt bikers of all ages every Tuesday and Thursday night from 5 to 9:30 p.m. The main track is set aside for the more experienced […]

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Quick action stymies blaze

Wheatland firefighters got a scare Tuesday afternoon when a fire that charred one field leaped across Wheatland Road toward another. The blaze is believed to have started somewhere in a field next to the Wheatland Cemetery just after 1 p.m. Wheatland Fire Chief Darryl Stineman said the exact starting point was likely near Wheatland and […]

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Taking care of the hill people

When mobile home park owners Bob and Dee Kearns lost a customer in the early 1970s, a new community care center was born. Thirty-three years later, that dream is kept alive by the first two doctors to staff what is now the Sutter North Medical Foundation’s Brownsville branch. Dr. William Hoffman and Dr. John Rose […]

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Up, down and away

Vintage aircraft performed rolls and spins and the roar of a U-2 spy plane shook the ground Friday afternoon at the Yuba County Airport. An estimated 100 spectators had their eyes trained to the skies above the airport watching stunt fliers perform thousands of feet in the air at the first day of the three-day […]

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Ramping up accessibility

Sidewalks around Ellis Lake and throughout Marysville are getting torn apart so wheelchairs and baby strollers can roll. Work is already under way at 9th and D streets, where a construction crew is breaking up concrete curbs and putting in handicapped-accessible ramps to make the area compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, said assistant […]

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Nielsen returning to politics

A former state senator says he will run for the Republican nomination in the 2nd Assembly District seat in 2008. Jim Nielsen, 62, declared his intent after Jason Larrabee, the closest competition in his party, stepped aside and endorsed him Wednesday. Nielsen is best known for his time in the Senate from 1978 to 1990 […]

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Honors for Hmong fighters

Sai Pa Thao still has a pea-size lump on his ankle from the fighting – and he’ll gladly press your finger to where shrapnel still rests under his skin after more than three decades. That lump is one of the many wounds he suffered in the Vietnam War. He received a Purple Heart in 2004. […]

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