Ella Elementary among state’s underperformers
By Ryan McCarthy/Appeal-Democrat @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Ella Elementary in Olivehurst is on a new state list of persistently low-achieving schools — a ranking the superintendent for the Marysville Joint Unified School District says follows static test scores by Ella after an earlier dramatic rise.
No…
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Colony collapse disorder still buzzing in beekeepers’ minds
By Robert Rodriguez/The Fresno Bee @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
FRESNO — A mysterious problem that causes bee colonies to decline is once again taking its toll on California’s beekeepers.
The problem known as colony collapse disorder is characterized by a sudden drop in a bee colony’s population and the…
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A-D hosting political forum
Appeal-Democrat @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Former state Assemblymen Rick Keene and Doug LaMalfa, competing for the state Senatorial District 4 seat held by Sen. Sam Aanestad, square off Thursday night in the first of five political candidates forums broadcast live online by the…
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Fight for the right
By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
As former Assembly members Doug LaMalfa and Rick Keene race to win the GOP nomination for the 4th State Senate District this spring, don’t expect them to make any left turns.
Party registration in the district, which encompasses the Yuba-Sutter…
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Farm business plows ahead
By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Yuba City’s latest boom for local agribusiness and sales tax revenue has arrived in the form of a farming equipment company.
Bianchi Ag Services is hosting its grand opening Thursday. A provider for Case International farming equipment, the store at…
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Biggs may keep Gridley police
By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat @ March 8, 2010 # Comments Off
A last-minute deal may keep the tiny Butte County town of Biggs under Gridley’s police protection, barely two weeks after a split seemed certain.
A new two-year law enforcement contract would keep the Gridley-Biggs Police Department in one piece by…
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Political Briefs
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Yuba County
Paras to host ‘meet and greet’
Horacio Paras, candidate for Sutter County supervisor, District 3, is hosting a ‘meet and greet’ event at El Zarape Restaurant, 1005 Stafford Way, Yuba City.
The event is from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday.
For more…
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Mid-Valley briefs
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Sutter County
Rollover crash victim identified
A Woodland man killed in a rollover accident on Cranmore Road in south Sutter County was identified Monday as Patrick Lee Mulcahy, 63.
Mulcahy, of the 100 block of Eliot Street, was driving south on the…
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Mother of four going to jail for embezzlement
By Rob Young/Appeal-Democrat @ March 8, 2010 # Comments Off
A Yuba City woman, the mother of four young children, wept Monday in Sutter County Superior Court as she was sentenced to a year in jail for embezzling more than $25,000 from her employer, Northside Fitness.
In the audience, the health club’s…
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Candidates Forum Series
Appeal-Democrat @ March 8, 2010 # Comments Off
Former state Assemblymen Rick Keene and Doug LaMalfa, competing for the state Senatorial District 4 seat currently held by Sen. Sam Aanestad, square off Thursday night in the first of five political candidates forums broadcast live online by the…
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