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Coalition Urges Newsom to Sign AB 2700

Sep 21, 2026 04:34PM ● By MPG Staff

Wildfire survivors, elected officials, business representatives and community advocates gathered in Santa Rosa on Sept. 18 to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign legislation aimed at addressing compensation for victims of utility-caused wildfires.

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Sutter County Sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Calderon

Sergeant Recognized for Life-Saving Actions

Sep 21, 2026 04:27PM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County Sheriff’s Sgt. Anthony Calderon was recognized for his response to multiple medical emergencies at the Sutter County Jail.

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Pride Celebration Returns to Yuba City, Oct. 3

Sep 21, 2026 04:24PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

Tri-County Diversity will bring its fifth annual Pride in the Park back to Sam Brannan Park on Saturday, Oct. 3, with live entertainment, vendors, community resources and activities for children.

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Trash Collection Days Changing in Yuba-Sutter

Sep 21, 2026 04:09PM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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Juneteenth Fundraiser Returns Oct. 3

Sep 21, 2026 01:02PM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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Katy Rose, a Rotary member, author and functional medicine practitioner,

Poets, Readers Gather in Browns Valley, Sept. 27

Sep 21, 2026 12:54PM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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Tax Divide Deepens Across Sutter County

Sep 21, 2026 12:39PM ● By Susan Meeker

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.

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Rotary Club of Yuba City and Sutter Union High School gather with a $10,000 check for the school’s track and field program

Rotary Donates $10,000 to Sutter Track

Sep 21, 2026 12:30PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

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.

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Computers inside Sutter Health’s Mobile Simulation Lab

Mobile Simulation Lab Trains Medical Staff

Sep 21, 2026 12:08PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

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

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Gray Avenue Middle School’s Cultural Festival

Gray Avenue Cultural Festival Returns for Second Year

Sep 21, 2026 11:59AM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

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.

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Quilts Unfold Women’s Hidden History

Sep 16, 2026 10:52PM ● By Story and photos by Lloyd Green Jr.

Colusa quilt historian Arlene Arnold will share 26 quilts spanning 250 years while telling the stories of women whose achievements helped shape American history Sept. 27.

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Stampede Week Returns to Marysville

Sep 15, 2026 09:18AM ● By Shamaya Sutton

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.

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newly renovated Life Advancement Center in Yuba City during its Sept. 10 ribbon-cutting celebration

Life Advancement Center Opens in Yuba City

Sep 15, 2026 08:54AM ● By Shamaya Sutton

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.

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Sutter County’s $5 Million Man

Sep 15, 2026 08:50AM ● By Debra Desrosiers

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.

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Motorsports Roundup

Sep 15, 2026 08:48AM ● By David Vodden

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.

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Measure G Revenue Split Takes Shape

Sep 14, 2026 05:21PM ● By Susan Meeker

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.

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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento and Casa de Esperanza

Hard Rock Grant Supports Casa de Esperanza

Sep 14, 2026 05:14PM ● By MPG Staff

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

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Colgate Sediment Removal Reaches Milestone

Sep 14, 2026 05:06PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

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.

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Artists Sought for Festival Exhibition

Sep 14, 2026 03:57PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

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.

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Youth Choir Forms for Holiday Concert

Sep 14, 2026 03:53PM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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Yuba City Marks 25 Years Since 9/11

Sep 14, 2026 03:51PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

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.

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Art Box Reception Spotlights Local Artists

Sep 14, 2026 03:35PM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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Actors rehearse a scene from “Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace Returns, Sept. 18

Sep 14, 2026 03:29PM ● By MPG Staff

The Acting Company will open its production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” Sept. 18, bringing Joseph Kesselring’s dark comedy to its Yuba City stage for a four-weekend run.

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All Aboard for the Nicolaus Labor Day Parade

Sep 14, 2026 03:22PM ● By MPG Staff

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

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A Morning Like No Other - Ground Zero at 25 years

Sep 11, 2026 10:50AM ● By Paul V. Scholl

After a long night of late work well into the morning, I was in a deep sleep. The repeating ring of the telephone awakened me. I received an alarming telephone call from a close friend frantically trying to get my attention. She said “just get up and turn on the TV. You won’t believe what is happening”. She was absolutely right.

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Sutter Divers Sharpen Rescue Skills

Sep 08, 2026 01:24PM ● By MPG Staff

Sutter County Sheriff’s Dive Team members recently joined Butte County search and rescue personnel for two days of training focused on diver rescue and underwater entanglement emergencies.

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Yuba Rotary to Serve Senior BBQ, Sept. 18

Sep 08, 2026 01:04PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

Members of the Rotary Club of Yuba City will serve lunch to more than 250 area seniors Sept. 18 during simultaneous community barbecues in Yuba City and Marysville.

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Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner Lisa Herbert

Sutter Ag Commissioner to Retire

Sep 08, 2026 12:51PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and Measures Lisa Herbert will retire Sept. 4, closing a 28-year career with the county that began as an agricultural standards biologist.

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Sutter Buttes 2027 Calendar Revealed

Sep 08, 2026 12:48PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

This year’s calendar reception, held Aug. 28 at the Sutter County Museum, offered visitors a chance to meet the photographers and see the selected photographs enlarged and on display before flipping through them month by month.

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Sierra Winds Sets Two Local Concerts

Sep 08, 2026 12:38PM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

Three musicians from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West will bring the sounds of flute, oboe and bassoon to Williams and Yuba City during two free concerts in September.

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Interpretive displays at the former Arboga Assembly Center preserve the history of Japanese Americans

Historic Yuba County Sites Open Doors, Sept. 19

Sep 08, 2026 12:36PM ● By MPG Staff

Two Yuba County sites representing different chapters of local history will open to the public Sept. 19 as part of Doors Open California, a statewide program that provides access to historic buildings, landscapes and cultural sites.

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20 Years in the Making

Sep 08, 2026 12:33PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

Holiday Market Opens in Plumas Lake

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New Rice Variety Takes Spotlight at Field Day

Sep 08, 2026 12:25PM ● By Susan Meeker, photos by Susan Meeker

A new medium-grain rice poised to replace a variety commonly growing in local fields was a major focus at the Rice Experiment Station near Biggs, where growers, researchers and agricultural professionals gathered Aug. 26 for the 2026 Rice Field Day.

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Dinner Celebrates River Valley Athletes

Sep 08, 2026 12:14PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

River Valley High School students traded uniforms for introductions Aug. 22 as the Falcon community gathered for the fourth annual Meet the Falcons Touchdown Dinner.

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Marysville Stampede Rides for David

Sep 01, 2026 03:20PM ● By Lloyd Green

Four-year-old David Harvey will serve as the Marysville Stampede’s 2026 Golden Circle Champion as a new fundraising effort supports local families facing pediatric cancer.

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