Yuba City

Safe Space Winter Shelter in Chico will begin sheltering unhoused individuals from the cold starting Dec. 17. The nonprofit recently secured an intake center location for the season. Also, as winter begins, hundreds of Butte County residents whose homes were damaged in last year’s storms are not back in them, and new walk-in clinics are now available in Yuba City that offer assessments to receive mental health or addiction treatment.

This month the Sites Reservoir Project Authority approved the reservoir plan. Located just west of Maxwell in Colusa County, the reservoir will be part of an ongoing effort to increase California’s resiliency in the face of climate change. Also, Starbucks employees in Yuba City have voted to unionize, citing issues with understaffing and reduced hours during busy seasons, and there are just two more Saturdays left before the Redding Farmers Market closes for the season on Dec. 9th.

School districts in Yuba City and Amador County will begin education and training programs for students and staff following racist incidents this fall involving their respective football teams.

California Republican Kevin Kiley is declaring victory in his race for U.S. House District 3. Also, organizers say this year’s Nagar Kirtan in Yuba City drew a record number of visitors, and AAA reports more people are expected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday this year compared to 2021.

This year’s Nagar Kirtan parade in Yuba City was the largest in the festival’s history, temple representatives said. It was held the first weekend in November. Also known as the Sikh Parade, the event has occurred yearly since 1979. It’s considered by Yuba Citians to be the largest gathering of the Sikh Punjabi diaspora in California — if not the nation.

Yuba City residents held the annual Nagar Kirtan over the weekend. Also, it may take days or weeks to know final election results in California, and health experts are raising concerns about the common respiratory infection known as RSV.

Under the eaves of a storied community masjid, or mosque, residents in Yuba City are collecting relief aid for flood victims in Pakistan, after disastrous flooding has killed nearly 1,700 and displaced nearly 8 million.

The Pakistani diaspora in Yuba City is raising disaster relief funds for devastating flooding in Pakistan. Also, millions in relief will go to Greenville to help rebuild infrastructure destroyed in the Dixie Fire, and elevated fire weather conditions are forecast in the North State today.

Results from a recall election in Shasta County are being reported. Also, Shasta County’s registrar discusses the challenges of the contentious recall and Yuba City finalizes move to district-based elections for City Council members.

Shasta County voters decide whether or not to recall a county supervisor. Also, Yuba City is set to establish a new election system for city councilors and Greenville residents celebrate a gas station reopening following the Dixie Fire.