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When Rick Butler's father became ill in February 2012, he never thought the cause was the well water his parents drank and showered in every day. He shrugged off a friend's advice to check the family's personal well. His parents had been living in...

WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about who in the White...

Two new red-light traffic cameras are planned to be installed in Marysville, bringing to 10 the number of approved camera locations in the city. The City Council, under its consent agenda, is scheduled tonight to approve placing new cameras on...

Employees at two Yuba City businesses got to go home early on Monday after a construction crew struck a Pacific Gas & Electric gas line on Burns Drive. Frito-Lay Inc. and Yuba City Scrap and Steel Inc. were evacuated after a tractor working near...

"Connecting to Quit," a no-cost tobacco cessation program, is being offered by the Yuba County Tobacco Education program. The four one-hour class sessions are at noon today, Friday and May 28 and 31 at the Yuba County Health and Human Services...

MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, killing at least 37, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph and landing a direct blow on at least one school. An Oklahoma Medical...

FRESNO — Two men were in custody on Monday after accidentally dialing 911 on a cellphone before breaking into a car, authorities said. After the mistaken "pocket" call, a police dispatcher was able to hear a rambling 35-minute conversation that...

Yuba City resident Paul Hughes wiped tears away from his eyes on Sunday as he listened to the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony for the Freedom's Heroes War on Terror Memorial. For Hughes, a wounded Vietnam War veteran, hearing about someone...

Max Smith wanted to cut down the old tree in his back yard. He wanted to cut his lawn, clean up his bushes and clear out the weeds, tall grass and bottles and cans others left in his yard. "I was going to do it, but I got all sick," the 86-year-old...

A suspicious fire destroyed everything in a Linda home on Sunday, two days after an occupant's brother was sentenced to 13 years in Yuba County Jail, officials with the Fire Department said. Residents Matthew Pace, 21, and Robin Elliott, 32, were...