Tech Trek Students Share STEM Experience

Nine local students who attended the AAUW Tech Trek STEM camp at UC Davis this summer shared their experiences with the American Association of University Women Marysville-Yuba City Branch during a Sept. 19 gathering. Read More »

Yuba City Replacing Aged Dispatch System

A computer dispatch system that has served Yuba City police since 1994 will be replaced with new technology designed to improve emergency response, records management and information sharing with neighboring law enforcement agencies. Read More »

Brewfest, Boots and Buckles Take Over Marysville

Craft beer, local food and live entertainment took center stage in Marysville on Saturday, Sept. 19, with two beer-centered events keeping festivities going from midday into the evening. Read More »

SMF Parking Rate Changes Support New Garage and Customer Improvements

Sacramento International Airport (SMF) will adjust public parking rates when the new Parking Garage 2 opens later this year, supporting a major expansion and modernization of the airport’s parking system. Read More »

Republican Wheel Squeaking Scores a Win on Crime

There is an old saying: “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Read More »

Trash Collection Days Changing in Yuba-Sutter

About 35,000 Recology Yuba-Sutter customers could see changes to their garbage collection days beginning the week of Oct. 12 as the company restructures routes across Yuba and Sutter counties. Read More »

Honkers Take 11th Straight Mayor’s Cup

Sutter Blasts Pride in Week 4 of 2026 Season Read More »

Juneteenth Fundraiser Returns Oct. 3

The Marysville Juneteenth Committee will hold its second annual All Black Attire fundraiser Oct. 3 to raise money for the community’s 2027 Juneteenth celebration. Read More »

Poets, Readers Gather in Browns Valley, Sept. 27

Poets, writers and listeners are invited to gather for Poetry in the Park at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Sycamore Ranch Park, 5390 Highway 20 in Browns Valley. Read More »

Tax Divide Deepens Across Sutter County

The city councils of Yuba City and Live Oak have signed off on their shares of Sutter County’s proposed 1% sales tax, leaving voters to decide Nov. 3 whether the latest attempt to raise local sales taxes moves forward. Read More »

Rotary Donates $10,000 to Sutter Track

Sutter Union High School’s track and field program will soon have new equipment after receiving a $10,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Yuba City. Read More »

Spartans Tame Bruins Rushing Attack to End Preseason Perfect

The East Nicolaus Spartans keep proving doubters wrong as they won their fourth-straight game to open the 2026 football season with a 41-7 win over the Bear River Bruins off Friday, Sept. 18. Read More »

Mobile Simulation Lab Trains Medical Staff

A 26-year-old man has just undergone surgery when something begins to go seriously wrong. Read More »

Linda’s Soda Bar & Grill Marks End of Era on Plumas Street

For more than two decades, Linda’s Soda Bar & Grill has offered visitors to downtown Yuba City a step back in time. Read More »

Gray Avenue Cultural Festival Returns for Second Year

Gray Avenue Middle School brought its Cultural Festival back for a second year Thursday, Sept. 17, filling the school courtyard with food, crafts and performances representing cultures from around the world. Read More »

New Home Sales Decline in August, North State BIA Reports

Buffeted by rising interest rates, economic uncertainty and continued affordability issues, new home sales in the greater Sacramento region continued to show weakness in August, the North State Building Industry Association reported. Read More »

A Peaceful Retreat to Pescadero

Lounging out by the pool at Venture Retreat Center, we were the only two souls in this forest canyon at the moment. The topic being discussed was ‘childlike wonder,’ and how difficult it seems to shift our mindset back to this type of innocence. Read More »

California Gas Average Tops $6 a Gallon

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Stampede Week Returns to Marysville

This year’s Marysville Stampede festivities brought the Old West back to life across Yuba-Sutter, as residents were treated to a week of hoof-pounding events that mixed rodeo tradition with community support. Read More »

Sutter County Ends Fire Brownouts

Sutter County has reopened all of its fire stations after nearly three weeks of intermittent closures caused by a staffing shortage. Read More »

Huskies Open GEL Play with Shutout Against Eagles

The Sutter Huskies flag football team opened Golden Empire League play with a 20-0 win over the El Camino Eagles on September 8. Read More »

Serenity Village Receives $25.3 Million

A planned 124-home affordable housing development in Olivehurst has received more than $25.3 million in state funding, moving the project closer to a targeted 2027 groundbreaking. Read More »

Life Advancement Center Opens in Yuba City

When the Salvation Army’s Depot Family Crisis Center in Marysville announced its closure this past January, many were concerned about what the loss would mean for unhoused residents throughout the region. Read More »

Sutter County’s $5 Million Man

When two of Sutter County’s three fire stations started taking turns going dark last month, a lot of us got the news the modern way: Facebook. Not from the county. Not from a supervisor. From the firefighter’s union, Local 5032, posting which station was open and which one wasn’t. Read More »

Motorsports Roundup

The biggest meet of the year in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing series took place over Labor Day weekend at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Billed as the U.S. Nationals, it was also the regular-season points finale for the top four NHRA classes. Read More »

Measure G Revenue Split Takes Shape

Sutter County has approved revenue-sharing agreements outlining how millions of dollars generated by a proposed 1% countywide sales tax could be divided with the cities of Yuba City and Live Oak if voters approve Measure G in November. Read More »

All Aboard for the Nicolaus Labor Day Parade

Labor Day offers a chance to step away from work and spend time with friends, family and community. Read More »

Hard Rock Grant Supports Casa de Esperanza

Casa de Esperanza will expand its prevention and education efforts with a $5,000 grant from the Hard Rock Heals Foundation. Read More »

D Street Fire Displaces Marysville Residents

Thursday, Sept. 10, at around 2:30 p.m., a fire broke out in downtown Marysville in the upper apartment complex at 423 D St. The historic mixed-use building was quickly engulfed in flames, with damage heavily concentrated on the upper-right-side units facing D Street. Read More »

Colgate Sediment Removal Reaches Milestone

Yuba Water Agency has completed the in-water portion of a sediment removal project below New Colgate Powerhouse, where crews removed an estimated 45,000 cubic yards of material following a Feb. 13 penstock rupture. Read More »

Butte, Sutter Courts Honored for Civics Work

Superior courts in Butte and Sutter counties have earned statewide recognition for programs that bring judges, the courts and civics education directly to local students. Read More »

Artists Sought for Festival Exhibition

Artists have until Nov. 30 to submit work for the 2027 Wild & Scenic Film Festival Art Exhibition, which will coincide with the environmental film festival’s 25th anniversary in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Read More »

Youth Choir Forms for Holiday Concert

Young singers in third through 12th grades can take part in an 11-week youth choir program beginning Sept. 22 in preparation for a December holiday concert in Yuba City. Read More »

Yuba City Marks 25 Years Since 9/11

Metal hooks on loose halyards clanged lightly against the flagpole in the morning wind, making a somber, bell-like sound as people gathered outside Yuba City Firehouse No. 1 Friday for the city’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony. Read More »

Art Box Reception Spotlights Local Artists

Local artists will take center stage at the Art Box Marketplace on Friday, Sept. 18, during a free reception featuring the gallery's latest collection at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts. Read More »