YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Even before the fires were contained, crews and advisers started reviewing the burns for restoration and rehabilitation needs. Three different restoration approaches may be used for fires on National Forests. These efforts include: 1) Fire Suppression Repair, 2) Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), or 3) Long Term Rehabilitation.
eggbeater (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Yuba River has changed me forever. I am in awe. my heart has been stretched and pulled water, in all its green clarity massive granite boulders dimpled and sanded rough & smooth hot & dangerous dynamic beautiful. I could...
eggbeater (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
after swim-exploring I found a rock to sit on. for quite a while. I was chatting with a new friend and an old friend. then they swam away. and I sat and sat and smiled and watched and took it...
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... relocated away from the community. Division V extends from the western side of Grass Valley to the Yuba County line and takes in Penn Valley and Lake Wildwood.All six applicants appeared at Wednesday's (July 23) regular meeting of the NID board. Two applicants, Fowler and Norton, said they did not plan to run for election in November, while the other four indicated they planned to be candidates.The...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Sacramento-area builders started 2,142 single-family homes in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties the first half of 2008. That's down 49.5 percent from the first of 2007. The decline was especially steep in Yuba and Sutter counties, where 102 residential starts this year is down 83.5 percent from the same time last year.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sacramento-area builders started 2,142 single-family homes in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties the first half of 2008. That's down 49.5 percent from the first of 2007. The decline was especially steep in Yuba and Sutter counties, where 102 residential starts this year is down 83.5 percent from the same time last year.
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
As you sit drinking your coffee and look out the window at Lake Wildwood, or as you drive about Nevada County and observe the water flowing in Squirrel Creek, Deer Creek, or the Yuba, have you ever wondered about the origins of the water? We tend to take our waterscape for granted, but without water there would be no life as we know it. The only environmental input more immediate is the air...
Lorna Dee Cervantes (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... in Juneau, Alaska and an upgraded early warning Radar located at the Beale AFB near Yuba City, California. The real time accumulation of data from the four radar sources to make the exact target coordinates of the warhead was accomplished, validating the United States capability to initially deal with complex future ballistic missile threats. This achievement affirms the current technology...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
By Andrea Koskey, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. Jul. 18--A downed tree sparked a four-acre fire in the Yuba County foothills Thursday afternoon that did not harm any structures, but resulted in a quick response from local firefighters.
GadBall.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Physician Assistant needed near Yuba City, CA. Position available in a very busy urgent care clinic, PM shift 3-1130pm, 1-2 years experience desirable. Competitive compensation package with full benefit package including malpractice. Relocation and student loan repayment available. CA licensed and certified, bilingual Spanish abilities a plus. If you are interested in this opportunity, please...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Homeowners aren't the only ones struggling with loans taken out in the past few years. From June 2005 to June 2007, the region's top 10 mortgage lenders made 176,451 purchase, refinance and home equity loans in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties, according to DataQuick Information Systems. Here's a look at where they stand today.
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... those in valleys or swales."Scientists at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in Yuba County researched oak trees during the 1987 drought and found that trees that lost leaves early suffered no detectable long-term damage."Drought does stress the trees, so they usually grow slowly and become more susceptible to insect and disease attacks," McCreary said. "The long-term consequences...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Anything might happen. But this is starting to look real.For the third straight month, capital-area home sales climbed above figures for the same time last year, a welcome indicator in a region searching for the bottom of its long housing slump. But median prices continued to slide.The 3,922 June escrow closings in Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Capital-area home sales racked up a third straight month of year-over-year gains in June, as closed escrows reached almost a two-year high, DataQuick Information Systems reported today. But median prices continued to fall.The sales increases were not universal, though. Half of area counties - Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba - saw higher sales than the same time last year. Four others - Placer,...
