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Buckle up! A car seat safety event approaches
Parents drive around precious cargo when they travel by car with young children. Ericka Summers, executive director of First 5 Yuba Children & Families Commission, feels the weight of that responsibility as a parent. “I’m kind of a stickler on all my passengers’ safety, like my kids do not leave the house without a helmet on a bike or scooter,” Summers said. For children who need to be in car ...
Locals waiting for cleanup after train car fire
After a train car fire on the night of Sept. 1 and a multi-jurisdictional response in Sutter County, the scene was attended to. However, weeks after the incident, unsightly debris has remained, and some area residents are eager for the situation near the Church of Glad Tidings to be cleaned up. “Union Pacific Railroad has taken over the management of the situation,” the Sutter County Office of ...
Yuba City council endorses Measure D; cell tower easements, traffic grant, facility rezone approved
The Yuba City City Council gave its official endorsement of Measure D on Tuesday, a 1% general sales tax measure that will fund crucial public safety and infrastructure initiatives in Yuba City if approved by voters in November. Over the last several months, city leaders have been adamant that a revenue measure is necessary to meet the needs of a growing population, with road repair and public ...
‘Bad facts make bad laws’: Yuba City police chief addresses statewide homeless crackdowns
In the wake of Johnson v. Grants Pass – a Supreme Court decision which ruled that those experiencing homelessness can be arrested or fined for camping on public property – the Yuba City Police Department delivered a presentation on Tuesday highlighting its local homeless response. The case was originally filed in 2018 after the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed an ordinance prohibiting ...
Police Blotter: September 19, 2024
FELONY ARRESTS Timothy Acosta, 35, of Yuba City, was arrested by the Yuba City Police Department at 10:57 p.m. Sept. 16 at the 800 block of Gray Avenue, Yuba City, on suspicion of smuggling a controlled substance into a jail/prison. He was booked into Sutter County Jail. Mai Vang, 38, of the 1100 block of Mayette Court, Yuba City, was arrested by the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office at 10:32 ...
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