Yuba County News

What the "S" is Going On in Smart ville? Posted By: Deborah Hoffman 1 hr ago SMART VILLE, CA - Walter Schackelford is not much for mincing words.

Deciduous oak tree color change is linked to signs of autumn - shorter days and cooler nights and agriculture harvest in the San Joaquin Valley, but the drought has native blue oaks in Sierra Nevada foothills ...

Hacked S.F. Web site infected visitors Security vendor Finjan reported Wednesday that SFgov.org, the city of San Francisco's home on the Web, was among more than 1,000 sites treating visitors to malicious ...

With acts such as the metal band Slipknot, above, performing, "mayhem" may be just the right word to describe today's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre.

Individual jurisdictions throughout the region have their own rules regulating use of fireworks.

A dispute over dogs has led to a fatal shooting in the remote foothills community of Brownsville, Yuba County authorities said.

Construction starts for new homes have fallen sharply across California this year as foreclosures have especially battered it and Florida.

The Union Staff A bill by state Sen. Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, carries the hope of those working to bring the U.S. Air Force Cyber Command center to Beale AFB in Yuba County, about 20 miles west of Grass ...

A Yuba City man has been ordered to stand trial on charges related to a shooting that wounded three people as they left a rap concert at a Marysville youth center.

Shelly Bailes, left, and Ellen Pontac, both of Davis, shout with joy as they are pronounced married at the Yolo County Clerk's Office on Monday.

At the stroke of 5 Monday afternoon, gay and lesbian couples across California had a moment to savor: At long last, they could legally wed.

With a force not seen in decades, the high cost of energy is hammering the economy in Sacramento and beyond.

Dan Masnada, general manager of the Castaic Lake Water Agency, told about 130 luncheon guests of the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Rio Vista Water Treatment Plant that local water ...

Yuba County has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a 27-year-old Linda man who was accidentally shot and paralyzed by a sheriff's deputy.

It will take a federal decision for the tiny Yuba County foothills town of Smartville to get its "s" back.

Residents say the town has been known as Smartsville for 100 years. But the "s" was left out of the official title.

The federal Board on Geographical Names will consider the spelling change next month; 99 years after the same board removed the letter and sparked a century of debate.

Firefighters fought and contained two grass fires Sunday, one near Newcastle and one in Yuba County.

It will take a federal decision for the tiny Yuba County foothills town of Smartville to get its "s" back.

Published 6:57 am PDT Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Firefighters will be conducting training burns in southern Yuba County beginning Thursday.

Above: Kit Burton and Kathy Smith walk through Smartville on Monday. Right: In 1907, the saloon on the right is called "Smartsville." That's the stage-coach on the left that served the local towns ENLARGE ...

District 3 Assembly candidate Dan Logue has raised three times as much money as his rival, Nevada County Supervisor Sue Horne, in the two months leading up to Tuesday's election.