Marysville & Yuba City

Appeal Democrat
Prison for Yuba City union official, wife

A Yuba City union manager and his wife were sentenced to prison in federal court in Sacramento on Friday for misappropriating at least $120,000. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Robert L. Carr, 58, to two years and six months in...

Appeal Democrat
Taxidermist completes giraffe project

A lion, a leopard, a cape buffalo. Oh, my. They are three of the most exotic animals Grady Miller has worked on during his seven-year career as a taxidermist, but none of them measure up to his most recent project — a 16-foot giraffe. "When someone...

Appeal Democrat
Briefs: Memorial Day celebration planned

A Memorial Day Celebration, sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 789 and the Native Daughters of the Golden West, will begin at 11 a.m. May 27 at the Wheatland Cemetery, 4865 Wheatland Road, Wheatland. A luncheon, sponsored by Grace Episcopal...

Appeal Democrat
Yuba City union manager, wife sentenced to prison for embezzlement

A Yuba City union manager and his wife were sentenced to prison in federal court in Sacramento on Friday for misappropriating at least $120,000. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Robert L. Carr, 58, two years and six months in...

Appeal Democrat
Federal judge OKs 2010 Yuba City police shooting

Yuba City police acted reasonably when they shot and killed a woman in 2010 at her Mariner Loop home, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez heard arguments in the case on May 1 in Sacramento and entered his judgment on...

Appeal Democrat
California helps fuel $550 million Powerball jackpot

SAN DIEGO — The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million. California has sold $83 million worth...

Appeal Democrat
Gas prices expected to keep rising until Memorial Day

Gas prices are rising, and Yuba-Sutter drivers won't be spared — especially as the three-day Memorial Day weekend looms. AAA this week reported a 2 percent increase over last month for the area's fuel price. It's among the lowest in California, at...

Appeal Democrat
Linda Walmart shoplifting suspect nabbed after rock attack

A Marysville woman punched a Walmart security guard in the face before pelting him with numerous rocks on Thursday as she tried to get away with lotions and body spray stuffed in her purse, Yuba County deputies said. An apparent getaway car abandoned...

Appeal Democrat
Doctor suspended from Marysville hospital claims it’s ‘retaliation’

A Marysville doctor is suing Rideout Memorial Hospital, challenging his seven-day suspension of privileges. Chukwuemeka Ndulue alleges the suspension, which was to begin Monday, is "in retaliation for (his) status as a whistleblower on the flawed...

Appeal Democrat
Fifth-graders learn about court system in Sutter County

More than 60 fifth-graders from Bridge Street Elementary School got a taste of how the court system works while taking part in a mock trial on Thursday at the Sutter County Courthouse. Sutter County Superior Court Judge Brian R. Aronson looked over...



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