Gridley News

Local residents Pat Braunagel and Ken Manies will join founder Bud Bolt to present "Evolution of Tools" today, Jan.

Firefighters squelched a fire that broke out Thursday morning in a tool shed, keeping it from spreading to nearby homes.

Open from 5-9:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 30-31, at 3476 Smith Ave., Biggs.

Greater Oroville Community Outreach , which was incorporated 20 years ago, is dissolving its nonprofit and the board of directors will hold a closing event for recipients of funds from noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec.

Free traditional Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, at the Oroville Municipal Auditorium, 1200 Myers St.

A police sting operated Friday at the Butte County courthouse in Oroville resulted in at least six motorists having their vehicles impounded for driving on a suspended license.

Police arrested two men and two women in the 200 block of Hazel Street Wednesday morning when they were reportedly seen stripping a suspected stolen car.

A Gridley man whose vehicle went off the road and crashed into a canal at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Monday night may face a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of passenger, officials said.

A 27-year-old Yuba City man drowned when the pickup in which he was a passenger overturned into a canal in the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area late Monday night.

A community meeting will be held 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Black Bear Diner, 1586 Highway 99 in Gridley, about protection for homes and businesses from flood.

An effort by the state to sell some land it deems surplus is being opposed by local authorities.

Voluntary wood-fire regulations in effect this winter in Chico are caught up in a wider controversy, as the whole county is indirectly feeling the effect of the pollution the rule seeks to control.

Let me see if I can get this straight. First off, you are discouraged from burning in a woodstove for heat on certain days that a sensor or the sensor operator deems it unhealthy for someone living in Chico.

Dec. 8--With a brief ceremony on a chilly morning, and acknowledgment of their ever-dwindling numbers, survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack gathered Monday in Gridley on the 68th anniversary of the event that brought the United States into World War II.

The ninth annual Best of the Best all-senior all-star volleyball match will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. at Butte College's Cowan Gym.

Entry forms for this year's parade, Dec. 12, themed "Holly Jolly Christmas and Downtown Oroville," are available now at Gallery Interiors or Betty Jean's on the 1900 block of Bird St.; the Chamber of Commerce; or download forms from the events calendar at www.orovillechamber.net. Information, 533-3430. More Books, Please! During December, the ...

A benefit dinner is planned Saturday for three Live Oak teens who have lost both their parents in the past five months.

Entry forms for this year's parade, Dec. 12, themed "Holly Jolly Christmas and Downtown Oroville," are available now at Gallery Interiors or Betty Jean's on the 1900 block of Bird St.; the Chamber of Commerce; or download forms from the events calendar at www.orovillechamber.net. Information, 533-3430. * "Get to Know Your National Forest" art ...

Nearly 20 years after he left the area to go into seminary and then ministry, Ben Padilla has returned as a pastoral assistant at St.

Step back in time and stroll the boardwalks under lantern light in a 1800's replica town from noon-8 p.m., Saturday, Nov.