Surprise! Habitat for Humanity helper gets house
One hundred Saturdays of volunteer work built the house on Plumas Street that Barbara Campbell first couldn't believe was hers. She spoke about filling out a Habitat for Humanity application for housing and helping with building the three-bedroom...
Mid-Valley Briefs
Yuba City DUI patrol set for Sunday Yuba City Police Department officers will be looking for drunken drivers during a saturation patrol Sunday and coordinated by the departments' Traffic Education and Enforcement Unit. Those over the limit will be...
Former Beale airman gets 8 years for child porn possession
A former Beale Air Force Base airman and Olivehurst resident has been sentenced to eight years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. Douglas William Howay, 31, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge...
Parting ways
Martin Venegas, like many other parents, would agree that a baby changes everything.“Everything changes. It’s not about what I want, but what he needs,” he said.For Venegas, that day came Dec. 6, 2009, when he and his fiancé Samantha Comstock...
Ex-Airman Gets Time For Child Porn
A man who was once stationed at Beale Air Force Base was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison for possession of child pornography, according to United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
Local Briefs
Local briefs from Sunday's paper. Cheerleading Yuba City to host skills camp The Yuba City High School cheerleaders will host a skills camp from July 19—22. The cost is $30 per camper and includes a T-shirt. All girls and boys are welcome. You do...
Marysville honors late Chinese community leader
Katie Lim loved everyone, and everyone loved Katie Lim. The pillar of Marysville's Chinese community was honored Saturday with the unveiling of a monument bearing her picture and legacy with an arrow pointing toward the Bok Kai Temple — part of the...
Special needs program gets mixed reviews
For three years, Tech. Sgt. Deven Gates had tried to find out why her 5-year-old son wasn’t talking.
Lehigh Valley extreme weather nothing for this columnist
Simon and Garfunkel once expressed the view that, "I can gather all the news I need on the weather report."
Local Briefs
Local briefs from Thursday's paper. Cheerleading Yuba City to host skills camp The Yuba City High School cheerleaders will host a skills camp from July 19—22. The cost is $30 per camper and includes a T-shirt. All girls and boys are welcome. You do...