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The Yuba College baseball team is in a great position to make it this season, tied with Cosumnes River for third place in the Bay Valley Conference with a 8-7 record in the BVC, 16-13 overall. The success this season is due in large part to the pitching of sophomores Kevin … [Read more...] about Yuba trio brings the heat

Santos Oroscos Aguilar, age 1, drowned. Eliseo Santos Carmona, 24, fell off a cliff. Modesta Lopez, 27, died of dehydration. The list goes on and on with hundreds of names of people who have died while trying to cross the 2,000 mile US-Mexican border."It's heartbreaking to see … [Read more...] about Risking it all at the Mexican border

Over one hundred buttons adorn a United Farm Workers' flag that hangs prominently on the wall of Salvador Soto's office at Yuba College. Nearby are two photos: one with Cesar Chavez in deep thought and the other with farm tools over his shoulder.Soto adjusts his glasses and … [Read more...] about Tribute to Cesar Chavez

The "Crossing Borders, Building Bridges" cultural workshop series continued on March 26 under the theme, "Ishi Rediscovered." Presented by Richard Burrill, a professor of anthropology and an adjunct instructor for the National University in Sacramento, the hour-long session at … [Read more...] about Crossing cultural bridges

Several weeks have passed since the murders at Santana High School in San Diego. Perhaps now we can begin to place the blame on parental inattention, lax gun laws, school bureaucracy and other social ills. And perhaps if each of us accepts a bit of the blame, we can keep the … [Read more...] about Editorial: Who is to blame for gun violence in schools?