Funds sought for former Beale airman (Appeal-Democrat)
The Beale Liaison Group is collecting funds to purchase a Segway personal transport system for Airman Colton Read, formerly of Beale Air Force Base. Read became a double-amputee after medical errors that occurred during routine gall bladder surgery...
Local pair raising funds to buy Segway for disabled airman (Appeal-Democrat)
It has been eight months since Airman Colton Read, a 20-year-old intelligence analyst stationed at Beale Air Force Base, was admitted to David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base for laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. What was supposed to be...
Mid-Valley Briefs (Appeal-Democrat)
Mid-Valley Briefs from Wednesday's paper. Yuba City Levee vote likely to start in April Voting on whether to fund a 44-mile levee upgrade on the Feather River may start next month, the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency has announced. Property owners...
'Worst place' ranking still rankles (Appeal-Democrat)
The ranking raised hackles and ruffled feathers throughout Yuba-Sutter. When the gavel rang down in early March 1985, designating Yuba City the worst place to live in the United States, the proclamation was met with outrage, disbelief and amusement....
Calls mounting for Wheatland board president to resign (Appeal-Democrat)
Screaming during a closed-session, slamming binders and pursuing a personal agenda were among problems cited when Wheatland School District heard requests that board President Susan Abe resign that post. "This board and these meetings have became an...
Mid-Valley Briefs (Appeal-Democrat)
Mid-Valley Briefs from Friday's paper. Marysville Library tours part of Bok Kai Tours of the California Room at the Yuba County Library, along with a display of items relating to the state's Chinese history and Bok Kai Parade, are slated this month...
Bethany cafeteria, student hub on the way (Press-Banner)
A three-story student center will rise from the ashes of the blaze that destroyed Bethany University’s cafeteria last summer. Plans for the anticipated 23,868-square-foot building passed the Scotts Valley City Council with unanimous approval Wednesday, March 3.
Global Hawk Makes History With First Roundtrip Flight (Space War)
Palmdale CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made aviation history Feb. 2 when it successfully completed its first roundtrip flight from the company's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. AF-20, a Block 30 Global Hawk built for the U.S. Air Force, performed the historic mission, soaring at altitudes of 58,300 feet for approximately four ...
Beale aids Haiti relief from afar (Appeal-Democrat)
During most workdays, Global Hawk pilot Capt. John Klapp either operates the unmanned, high-altitude reconnaissance plane over Afghanistan and Iraq, or prepares for flights over those regions. But for two weeks in January, he took part in a noncombat...
Bouillerce reports for duty at Beale Air Force Base (Lake County News)
MARYSVILLE – Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Amanda C. Bouillerce has arrived for duty at Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, Calif. Bouillerce is a network intelligence analyst assigned to the 50th Intelligence Squadron. The airman has served in the military for one year.
