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Volunteers distribute food to local residents

Skylight Community Grants Awarded

Jan 28, 2026 08:38AM ● By MPG Staff

Skylight Renewable Energy awarded $7,500 to two nonprofit organizations serving Sutter County through its fourth-quarter 2025 Community Giving Program.

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Colusa Farm Show Returns for 61st Year

Jan 27, 2026 05:13PM ● By Lloyd Green

The Colusa County Farm Show returns Feb. 3-5 for its 61st year, bringing three days of equipment displays, educational seminars and agricultural networking to the Colusa County Fairgrounds.

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Acoustic Upgrade Completed at Fairgrounds

Jan 27, 2026 03:25PM ● By MPG Staff

A long standing sound problem at the Yuba Sutter Fairgrounds Main Exhibit Hall has been resolved through a multi-phase project led by the Rotary Club of Yuba City, improving acoustics for large public events and emergency uses.

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Marysville to Celebrate 175th Birthday, Feb. 7

Jan 27, 2026 01:58PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

Some residents may have begun noticing special banners in and around Marysville’s historic district. The signage marks a major milestone in the city’s history, its “dodransbicentennial” anniversary.

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Yuba Sutter Symphony and Yuba Sutter Youth Symphony

Young Artist Showcase Concert Set Feb. 7

Jan 27, 2026 01:49PM ● By Lloyd Green

The Yuba Sutter Symphony will present its annual Young Artist Showcase Concert on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1390 Franklin Road in Yuba City.

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A mixed-media landscape by local artist Emily Cordi depicts the Sutter Buttes at sunset.

New Art Box Marketplace Showcases Local Talent

Jan 27, 2026 01:45PM ● By MPG Staff

Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture will celebrate the grand opening of the Art Box Marketplace with a public reception Friday, Feb. 6, at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts.

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Toxic B Street Property Edges Closer to Cleanup

Jan 27, 2026 01:38PM ● By Susan Meeker

A long-vacant downtown lot contaminated with toxic soil is finally moving toward cleanup as Yuba City advances a federally funded plan to make the property safe for redevelopment.

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Birders take in the sights along the Feather River Parkway

Birders Brave Fog at Snow Goose Festival

Jan 27, 2026 12:54PM ● By Susan Meeker

The 26th Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway concluded on Sunday, its four foggy days packed with birders who showed up even when the sun did not.

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Kyle LaMalfa, eldest son of U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa, speaks to thousands at his father’s memorial

North State Remembers Doug LaMalfa

Jan 27, 2026 11:43AM ● By Susan Meeker, photos by Susan Meeker

More than 3,000 people attended Saturday’s memorial service for U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa at Chico’s Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, drawing national, state and local leaders alongside family, friends and constituents.

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UCCE Sutter-Yuba Advisors to Participate in Weed Management Area Project

Jan 20, 2026 03:01PM ● By University of California Cooperative Extension News Release

University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter–Yuba is pleased to announce the launch of a new collaborative project with the Sutter and Yuba County Agricultural Commissioners’ Offices focused on the identification and management of invasive weed species in the region.

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The Salvation Army’s Depot Family Crisis Center, located inside Marysville’s historic train station

Depot Family Crisis Center Closing

Jan 20, 2026 02:08PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

The Salvation Army Yuba-Sutter Corps announced earlier this month that it will close the Depot Family Crisis Center, located at 408 J St. in Marysville inside the city’s historic train station, ending more than three decades of operation as one of the region’s only family shelters.

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Authors Phyllis E. Smith, left, and Victoria M. Tudor hold copies of their book “Historic Marysville City Cemetery”

Historians Publish Marysville Cemetery History

Jan 20, 2026 01:53PM ● By Shamaya Sutton

Two local historians, Phyllis E. Smith and Victoria M. Tudor, have released a new book highlighting the rich and often dramatic history of the Marysville City Cemetery as part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series.

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Indoor Golf Simulator Opens in Downtown Marysville

Jan 20, 2026 01:48PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

Golf isn’t just an outdoor sport anymore and three young local entrepreneurs are here to prove it.

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A site plan depicts proposed new commercial shell buildings

Feather River Shopping Center Project Advances in Linda

Jan 20, 2026 10:49AM ● By MPG Staff

Development plans for the Feather River Shopping Center are moving forward, with the property owner having submitted building permits for two new commercial shell buildings proposed between Costco and FoodMaxx.

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Deputies Paige Tarke and Andre Licon were recognized by the Trauma Intervention Program as Heroes with Heart

Deputies Earn Heroes with Heart Honor

Jan 20, 2026 10:47AM ● By Lloyd Green

The Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) has named Deputy Andre Licon and Deputy Paige Tarke as Heroes with Heart recipients.

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Regency Park in Yuba City for a ribbon-cutting ceremony

Regency Park Installs Inclusive Play Feature

Jan 20, 2026 10:45AM ● By MPG Staff

Local agencies and community partners gathered Jan. 9 at Regency Park in Yuba City to celebrate the installation of a new Playground Communication Board designed to support inclusive play for children of all abilities.

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Captain Jaswant Singh has been nominated for an award at the annual Heroes with Heart Gala

Captain Jaswant Singh Honored at Heroes Gala

Jan 20, 2026 10:00AM ● By Lloyd Green

Captain Jaswant Singh has been nominated for an award at the annual Heroes with Heart Gala presented by the Trauma Intervention Program of Yuba, Sutter and South Butte counties.

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Sutter Buttes Land Trust Opens Photo Contest

Jan 13, 2026 09:10AM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

The Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust has opened submissions for its 22nd annual calendar photo contest, inviting photographers to help document the natural beauty and agricultural heritage of the Sutter Buttes region.

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Applications Now Open for ‘Yes to Startups’

Jan 13, 2026 09:07AM ● By Yuba County News Release

Yuba County’s Business Incubator Program

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Yuba County Resource Conservation District Awarded CAL FIRE Grant

Jan 13, 2026 09:02AM ● By Yuba County Resource Conservation District News Release

Yuba County Resource Conservation District was awarded a grant for $949,984 as part of CAL FIRE FY 2025-26 Wildfire Prevention Grant Awards program.

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Travis Moniz of Princeton qualified for the 2026 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship

North State Auctioneer Advances to World Championship

Jan 13, 2026 08:57AM ● By Susan Meeker

A Northern California native is among the top 10 livestock auctioneers advancing to the 2026 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, earning the distinction as the only Californian to make the cut.

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Rep. Doug LaMalfa Dies at 65

Jan 13, 2026 08:55AM ● By Shamaya Sutton

California residents awoke Tuesday, Jan. 6, to news of the sudden death of U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a longtime Northern California congressman and fourth-generation rice farmer. He was 65.

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Dr. Jeff DeVido, a board-certified psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist

Yuba County Welcomes National Expert Dr. Jeff DeVido

Jan 13, 2026 08:52AM ● By Yuba County News Release

Community Presentation on Substance Use Disorder Treatment

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former site of the historic Hotel Marysville fire damage

Marysville Advances Hotel Cleanup Plan

Jan 13, 2026 08:48AM ● By Lloyd Green Jr.

The City of Marysville held a special town hall workshop on Jan. 8 to gather public input as it prepares an application for an EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant tied to the former Hotel Marysville site, a prominent downtown property damaged by a 2024 fire.

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Hard Rock Sacramento Named Third Best Casino Outside Las Vegas

Jan 13, 2026 08:38AM ● By Shamaya Sutton

Second Best Casino Concert Venue in the Country

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Sutter Buttes Garden Club School/Community Garden Grant Program Application Deadline

Jan 13, 2026 08:36AM ● By Sutter Buttes Garden Club News Release

The Sutter Buttes Garden Club are excited to announce the relaunch of the Sutter Buttes Garden Club School/Community Garden Grant Program!

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CDFW to Conduct Helicopter Capture and Collaring Efforts for Deer, Elk and Gray Wolves

Jan 06, 2026 02:57PM ● By California Department of Fish and Wildlife News Release

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is initiating efforts in northern California to capture deer, elk and wolves by helicopter and outfit the animals with GPS collars.

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LaMalfa, Longtime North State Congressman Passes

Jan 06, 2026 02:49PM ● By MPG Staff

U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a longtime Republican lawmaker who represented much of Northern California, has died, House Republican leadership announced Tuesday. He was 65.

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Yuba Water Agency Prepares for Spillway Releases from New Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir

Jan 06, 2026 09:42AM ● By Yuba Water Agency News Release

Yuba Water Agency is preparing to release water from the spillway at New Bullards Bar Dam on the North Yuba River to create space for anticipated inflows from the oncoming storms.

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The Salvation Army Announces Transition of Services Closure of the Depot Family Crisis Center

Jan 06, 2026 09:31AM ● By The Salvation Army News Release

The Salvation Army Yuba-Sutter Corps announced Jan. 2 plans to close The Depot Family Crisis Center, a transitional shelter that has served families experiencing homelessness in the region since 1993.

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A large tree split and partially uprooted by high winds

Severe Weather Peaks at Christmas

Jan 06, 2026 09:24AM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

Severe weather swept through the Sacramento Valley over Christmas week, with some of the most damaging conditions hitting the Yuba-Sutter region early Christmas morning.

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Joe Ferrie, owner of Silver Dollar Saloon, poses dressed as a founding father

Yuba-Sutter Celebrates New Year’s

Jan 06, 2026 09:13AM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

Big plans for Tower Plaza in Yuba City were rained out on New Year’s Eve, canceling what would have been the first live music event of its kind at the newly opened park.

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Beale Airmen Demonstrate Wing Capabilities During 16th AF Command Chief’s First Visit

Jan 05, 2026 06:10PM ● By Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer, 9th Reconnaissance Wing

The 9th Reconnaissance Wing (RW) hosted U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andrew McKendree, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) command chief, for the first time, Dec. 17, 2025.

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A new visitor center at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex headquarters

Wings Return to the Sacramento Valley

Jan 05, 2026 06:02PM ● By Susan Meeker, photos by Susan Meeker

The 2026 Snow Goose Festival will bring four days of field trips, workshops and community activities to the Northern Sacramento Valley Jan. 22‑25, celebrating the region’s wintering bird populations and the annual arrival of migratory waterfowl.

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A volunteer serves plates at the buffet line as Seniors on the Go

Seniors on the Go Builds on Momentum, Prepares to Expand into Olivehurst

Jan 05, 2026 05:56PM ● By Shamaya Sutton, photos by Shamaya Sutton

What began as a modest outreach effort in the Yuba County foothills has grown into one of the region’s most consistent senior-focused programs, and now “Seniors on the Go” is preparing to expand once again.

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