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Yuba County Fentanyl Plight: Small County, Big Crisis

October 20, 2022 2:45 amOctober 20, 2022 8:26 am

County officials across California are dealing with the Fentanyl overdose crisis, with the drug pouring into the United States at the Southern Border. The Globe just reported on the Fentanyl crisis in San Francisco, with the County Office of the...

PG&E Initiated Planned Blackouts Return To California

September 9, 2020 6:04 amSeptember 8, 2020 8:50 pm

On Monday, mass blackouts returned to California in PG&E serviced areas in an attempt to stop more wildfires from starting. As of Tuesday, parts of 22 counties in Northern and Central California have had their power cut temporarily by PG&E,...

After Tulare County Votes to Re-open, Gov. Newsom Threatens to Withhold Federal Coronavirus Funds

May 22, 2020 3:52 pmMay 23, 2020 7:50 am

Hours after the Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted to open the county up for business and stop enforcing California’s shelter-in-place order, officials received a letter threatening to withhold some of the $47 million in federal CARES Act relief funds...

California Enters Phase 2 of Reopening

May 9, 2020 2:10 amMay 9, 2020 3:36 am

On Friday, California entered Phase 2 of its 4 Phase reopening plan, lifting some retail and manufacturing sector restrictions and allowing cities and counties who meet certain criteria to open up even more. Phase 2 reopening Retailers such as stores...

State to Revoke Liquor Licenses of Businesses that Defy Lockdown Orders

May 7, 2020 5:13 pm

Earlier this week, California Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) agents visited numerous Yuba and Sutter County restaurants and threatened to revoke their liquor licenses if they didn’t close. ABC agents in Sutter and Yuba restaurants ABC has said that defying the...

6 Northern California Counties Ask Governor for Permission to Come Out of State Lockdown

April 27, 2020 6:07 pmApril 28, 2020 10:00 am

On Monday, lawmakers and local officials of six Northern counties sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking to be let out of of the state lockdown order in favor of regional COVID-19 coronavirus plans. The officials from the counties...

2020 March Primary Preview: 3rd State Assembly District

February 4, 2020 8:07 amFebruary 6, 2020 7:22 am

The 3rd State Assembly District: Smack dab between Sacramento and Redding, this landlocked North State district includes Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba Counties, along with most of Butte County and half of Colusa County. It’s the home district of Chico...