Appeal Democrat

Appeal Democrat The Appeal-Democrat has grown with the California Mid-Valley community – from the unpaved paths that led to the gold fields to the cyberspace of appealdemocrat.com. The newspaper is a direct descendant of a line of newspapers that dates back to the Marysville Herald, which debuted August 6, 1850, two years after gold was discovered nearby at Sutter’s Mill. The Appeal-Democrat’s professional portfolio of services include media buying, graphic design and print, interactive products and services, business consultation and marketing strategies. These services, combined with the reach of Yuba-Sutter’s premier newspaper and website have been helping business achieve success for over 150 years. The Appeal-Democrat is part the newspaper division of Freedom Communications, a national owned information and entertainment company of print publications, broadcast television stations and interactive businesses. Freedom’s newspaper publications have a combined circulation of more than one million subscribers.

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Marysville weighs park upkeep cutbacks

Marysville officials will take another look at a 2013-14 budget proposal to eliminate maintenance at some city parks as a way to help make up a projected $305,000 drop in revenues. City Council members during a Tuesday night budget workshop directed...

Yuba City passes pot rules on 3-2 vote

Medical marijuana growers face permanent restrictions in Yuba City, following a split vote at Tuesday's City Council meeting to adopt a cultivation ordinance to the municipal code. The regulations have been in effect since March 2012 on a temporary...

Beale airman accused of sex with 2 teens

Prosecutors on Tuesday said a Beale Air Force serviceman had sexual relations with two teenagers. Sutter County sheriff's investigators on Sunday said they were aware of only victim, a 15-year-old girl, in connection with the arrest of airman Jeffary...

Man faces felony charge in attack on grandma in Yuba County

A Marysville man faces felony charges after authorities said he attacked his 65-year-old mother and showered broken glass over his 83-year-old grandmother in April. Prosecutors on Monday charged Kenneth B. McDaniel, 26, with assault with a deadly...

Woman held after attempted stabbing with beer bottle in Yuba City

An argument over whether a 22-year-old woman could move into the laundry room of a Yuba City apartment complex ended Monday when she tried to stab a man with a broken beer bottle, police said. Kristy N. Molina was booked in the Sutter County Jail...

State warns of compromised birth records

It's been nearly two months since the security of thousands of birth records were potentially compromised, including 124 records from Sutter County, but state Health Department officials only notified the public on Tuesday. "We've been working on the...

Calpine looks to upgrade facility, expand market

Calpine Inc. has filed a request with the California Energy Commission to beef up the Sutter Energy Center in an effort to obtain a long-term contract and operate more efficiently. If approved, Calpine hopes to modify its 578-megawatt facility with...

Family takes park’s care into their own hands

Beckwourth Riverfront Park is owned by the city of Marysville, but you would never know it isn't the personal backyard of Caroline Nott and her family. After all, most mornings Nott is toiling away cleaning, trimming, planting or watering in the...

Decision on YES Charter’s appeal coming Thursday

The Yuba County Board of Education will decide on Thursday on whether to sponsor the YES Charter Academy after the school was denied a charter renewal by its district in March. At a public hearing in April, board members heard arguments challenging...