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58-607: Northern Division: Southern Division: Long Beach won the inaugural league championship, defeating Tri-City, 3 games to 1. In 1996, Surrey folded, then the Reno Chukars were added. Long Beach won its second consecutive title, again 3 games to 1 over Tri-City. In 1997, the league added the Chico Heat , while Palm Springs took the year off and Long Beach became the Mission Viejo Vigilantes . Chico won

116-493: A basketball game in Chico and on their way back drove up to a mountain road away from the main road back to Yuba, where their car had been found later, undamaged and with enough gas to drive back to Yuba City. Four of the men were later found in and near a trailer on June 4 of the same year. Ted Weiher was found inside the trailer, starved, covered in blankets. Inside the trailer there was enough food to supply all five men for about

174-518: A post office, and approximately 20 dwelling homes with a population of about 150. Yuba City was chosen as county seat for Sutter County in 1854. The same year, however, voters decided that Nicolaus would be a better location, and the county seat was moved there. County voters returned to their first choice of Yuba City two years later, in 1856, and it has remained the county seat since. Yuba City saw its first major influx of population after World War II, pushing residential areas west and south from

232-611: A small town, retail and healthcare make up the largest sectors of the economy. Some other notable employers include the Geweke Auto Group, Hilbers Incorporated, SharpeSoft, Jaeger Construction, Ardent Mills (formerly Andean Naturals) and Nordic Industries, Inc. Farming is also an important part of the Yuba–Sutter area. The unemployment rate in Yuba city is 8.20%. According to the city's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,

290-717: A summer collegiate wood-bat team as it remains to this day. The ball club played the 2003 and 2004 seasons in the California Collegiate League . In 2005, the Gold Sox became the host team for the Horizon Air Summer Series , a collegiate wood bat league created by Bob Bavasi. Prior to the 2005 season, Don McCullough died. Upon McCullough's death, Peter Bavasi , former General Manager of the San Diego Padres , President of

348-512: A year, and enough paper and wood to light a fire, but nothing was used this way. The corpses and bones of three of the other men were found outside the trailer, but Gary Mathias was never found. Yuba City has been home to a significant Muslim population, including Pakistani Americans descended from c. 1902 immigrants. In 1994 the Muslim community completed a mosque that cost an estimated $ 1.8 million and many hours of donated work. Soon after,

406-710: Is K-12. Twin Rivers Charter is a K-8. St. Isidore Catholic School is a PK-8 parochial school under the auspices of St. Isidore Catholic Church. Yuba City is in the Yuba Community College District and is served by Yuba Community College in neighboring Marysville. The main newspaper for Yuba City area is the Appeal-Democrat . The newspaper is printed in Marysville, but serves the entire Yuba–Sutter area. The Sacramento Bee

464-692: Is also mentioned that the "new" Gulls will have no ties to the original team. The Gulls and the MRPBL folded halfway through the inaugural season in 2015 due to financial problems. Reno Chukars The Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox were a summer collegiate wood-bat baseball club based in Marysville, California , in the United States , that began as an independent professional team in 1995. They played their home games at Bryant Field , adjacent to Ellis Lake , in Marysville from 2002 to 2022. The team name

522-616: Is home to the largest dried fruit processing plant in the world, Sunsweet Growers Incorporated . In 1988 Yuba City was home to the California Prune Festival. In 2001 the name was changed to the California Dried Plum Festival and in early 2003 directors announced the end of the festival's 15-year run in the Yuba–Sutter area. This was primarily due to rise in costs, difficulty in securing sponsors, and competition from other festivals. Being

580-689: Is in the 4th Senate District , represented by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil , and in the 3rd Assembly District , represented by Republican James Gallagher . In the United States House of Representatives , Yuba City is in California's 3rd congressional district , represented by Republican Kevin Kiley . Yuba City also elected the first Sikh American Mayor in the United States, Kash Gill , and Preet Didbal ,

638-622: Is rare from June to September. The Delta Breeze, which comes from the Bay Area on summer nights, helps cool temperatures and adds humidity. At times the Delta Breeze is strong enough to bring coastal fog inland to the Sacramento Valley . Autumn starts out warm but becomes cooler, wetter, and foggier as the season progresses. The 2010 United States Census reported that Yuba City had a population of 64,925. The population density

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696-416: Is served by two highways. California State Route 20 is the major east–west route, running to Marysville to the east, and Williams to the west. California State Route 99 is the major north–south route, running south toward Sacramento , and north to Chico . State Route 99 is also the city's only freeway , running from State Route 20 to just north of Eager Road (exit 344) outside of the city. Yuba City

754-412: Is the hottest and driest. During the wet season from mid-October to mid-April, Yuba City sees frequent rain and is usually under the tule fog . Snow is rare in the valley, but cold waves from the north may bring some light snow and ice. Spring is wet in the beginning but becomes drier and warmer as summer months approach. May has some rain, but usually from thunderstorms rather than from winter storms. Rain

812-595: The Feather River , tributaries of the Sacramento River , with an eye to developing a commercial center catering to the thousands of gold miners headed upstream to the gold fields. At the same time, another town was developing on the eastern bank of the Feather River, the beginnings of what later would become Marysville . By 1852, Yuba City was a steamboat landing, had one hotel, a grocery store,

870-658: The Reno Chukars and played their home games at Moana Stadium . They changed their name to the Reno Blackjacks in 1999 and played their final season in Reno before relocating to Marysville, where they were renamed the Feather River Mudcats for their inaugural 2000 season in Marysville. Because of the team's infringement on the previously trademarked name of Mudcats by the Carolina Mudcats of

928-611: The Southern League , the Feather River Mudcats changed their name to the Feather River Fury in preparation for the 2001 season, though never took the field under that name since the team filed for bankruptcy prior to the season start. There was no baseball in Marysville for the 2001 season. The City of Marysville stepped in to operate the team for the 2002 season in order to keep baseball alive in

986-542: The Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians , came out of retirement to help administer the club for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. On January 1, 2007, Bob Bavasi invited Fair Oaks attorney Tom Lininger and his wife Karyn to join in the ownership of the club as majority shareholders. The team was renamed the Marysville Gold Sox in 2010. Tom Lininger became the team's managing partner and sold

1044-550: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39.1 km ), of which 15.0 square miles (38.8 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) is water. The total area is 0.52% water. The Yuba City area is located 40 miles (64 km) north of Sacramento and situated in the Sacramento Valley . It is home to the Sutter Buttes , the smallest mountain range in

1102-518: The 2000 season, Reno called it quits after four years in the league, while Sacramento moved to Vacaville, California and became the Solano Steelheads . The WBL was back at eight teams, however, as the Yuma (AZ) Bullfrogs , Feather River (Marysville, CA) Mudcats and Valley (Scottsdale, AZ) Vipers were added. The Zion Pioneerzz won the league championship, defeating Chico 3 games to 1. For

1160-596: The 2001 season, Valley and Feather River folded, while league stalwart Tri-City defected to the Northwest League . The league returned to a market it previously served, adding the Long Beach Breakers to bring the loop back to six teams. The Zion Pioneerzz were renamed the St. George Pioneerzz . The expansion Breakers won the league championship, defeating Chico 3 games to 2. In its final year of 2002,

1218-547: The GWL in 2017, then later folded their GWL operations. Did not qualify The Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox official flagship radio station was KUBA-AM 1600. Todd Kuhnen provides play-by-play. Games are currently broadcast on the team's Facebook Live page. Yuba City Yuba City ( Maidu : Yubu ) is a city in Northern California and the county seat of Sutter County, California , United States. The population

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1276-485: The Gold Sox have played their home games at what was originally known as Bryant Field, located along Highway 70 in the east part of Marysville. It has experienced several name changes since then, including Appeal-Democrat Park, All Seasons RV Stadium, Colusa Casino Stadium and Hard Rock Park. The stadium is once again known as Bryant Field . The Gold Sox shared their field with the Yuba City Bears , who joined

1334-578: The Gold Sox joined the Bay Area Collegiate League . On September 7, 2022, the Gold Sox announced that they will not be taking to the field in 2023 and will reevaluate their position in summer collegiate baseball in the region. They are officially considering themselves "on hiatus", though they have effectively ceased operations. They will be replaced by the new Marysville Drakes of the Pecos League . Since their inception,

1392-800: The Sierra Central-Montna Farms Summer Series. The Gold Sox were the inaugural champions defeating the Lincoln Potters (Note: The Potters are members of the CCL and did not know or agree to be a part of the Montna Farms Summer Series). The Series launched its second season in 2021, which they named themselves champions once again. In 2022, the series name was shortened to the Montna Farms Summer Series . Also in 2022,

1450-610: The Sikh parade in Yuba City, which commemorates the receipt by Sikhs of their Holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, in 1708. The 4.5-mile-long (7.2 km) parade features floats and a procession of parade participants. The 2005 parade drew an estimated 56,000 people while the 2007 parade was estimated to draw between 75,000 and 85,000 people of both Sikh and non-Sikh background. In 2008, an estimated 80,000 people came out for

1508-694: The Western Baseball League again operated with six teams. St. George folded, while Marysville, Calif., re-entered the league to take the Pioneerzz' place, playing the season as the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox . The Chico Heat won the league championship in the league's final season, defeating Long Beach 3 games to 1. After the league folded, the western United States were without independent baseball until 2005, when former WBL cities Chico, Long Beach, and Yuma were awarded franchises in

1566-407: The age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were "non-families." 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.28. In the city, 29.0% of the population was under

1624-456: The age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 32,858, and the median income for a family was $ 39,381. Males had a median income of $ 34,303 versus $ 23,410 for females. The per capita income for

1682-574: The area and the city-owned ballpark in use. The City changed the name to Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox and played the season in the Western Baseball League . Upon conclusion of that 2002 season the Western Baseball League disbanded, thus ending the Gold Sox as a professional team. The team was purchased from the City in 2003 by Bob Bavasi of Bavasi Sports Partners and local auto dealer Don McCullough (1936–2005) and began 2003 season play as

1740-467: The city was $ 15,928. 18.1% of the population and 14.5% of families were below the poverty line . Out of the total population, 24.8% of those under the age of 18 and 9.5% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Local bus service in Yuba City is provided by Yuba Sutter Transit . The Amtrak Thruway 3 provides thrice daily connections from neighboring Marysville (with a stop at 858 I Street) to/from Sacramento and Stockton The city

1798-407: The city was 67.0% White , 2.8% African American , 1.7% Native American , 6.4% Asian American , 0.3% Pacific Islander , 14.4% from other races , and 2.4% from two or more races. 12.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The European population in Yuba City was 0.5% Romanian, 0.3% Italian, and 1.6% German . There were 13,290 households, out of which 36.7% had children under

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1856-463: The city's original center. Orchards were turned into residential areas as new homes were built for people migrating to the city. In December 1955, a series of storms dropped torrential rain throughout northern California. The deluge caused all the rivers in the region to overflow their banks and to break through levees. The Christmas Eve levee break at Yuba City was particularly disastrous, with 38 people losing their lives, and heavy damage occurring in

1914-461: The downtown section. According to Dick Brandt, manager of the Yuba County airport in 1955, between 550 and 600 Sutter County residents were rescued from the floodwater by helicopter. On March 14, 1961, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying nuclear weapons, flying near Yuba City, encountered a pressurization problem, and had to drop to a lower altitude. Because of this, more fuel than expected

1972-572: The event which is now considered one of the largest gatherings in Northern California . In 2012, the parade participants rose to an estimated number of 150,000 people. Yuba City participated in the California Swan Festival, which had been held from 2013 to 2016, November 13–15, with the events centered in adjacent Marysville ’s Caltrans Building. In the California State Legislature , Yuba City

2030-504: The first Sikh American woman Mayor in the United States. Public schools are part of the Yuba City Unified School District . The three high schools in the district are Yuba City High School , River Valley High School , and Albert Powell Continuation High School. Faith Christian High School and Adventist Christian School are private christian schools located in Yuba City. The Yuba City Charter School

2088-579: The lack of a home stadium, the Warriors made it to the league championship series before being swept by Sonoma County, 3–0. In 1999, the league disbanded the Western Warriors, while Mission Viejo, Bend, and Pacific also folded. The Sacramento Steelheads and Zion Pioneerzz were added, making the WBL a six-team league. Tri-City won the league championship for the year, 3 games to 1 over Chico. For

2146-548: The league championship in its first season in the league, defeating Reno, 3–2. In 1998, Salinas disbanded, while dormant Palm Springs moved to Oxnard, California and became the Pacific Suns . Grays Harbor suspended operations halfway through the season, and the league took over management of the team, which continued as the Western Warriors and went on an extended 68-game road trip with no home stadium. Despite

2204-640: The mid-1800s. The Gold Sox mascot is Mr. G, a gecko-like creature that is a favorite with children. The Gold Sox ceased operations and were replaced by the Marysville Drakes of the Pecos League . The franchise began as a professional team in the Western Baseball League in 1995 as the Surrey Glaciers and only played one season at Stetson Bowl in Surrey, British Columbia , Canada. In 1996 they relocated to Reno, Nevada , becoming known as

2262-508: The mosque was destroyed by an act of arson , the first time that a mosque was destroyed in the United States. Eventually the mosque was rebuilt with help of Sikhs , Mormons , Christians, and other groups. The story is told in the 2012 documentary An American Mosque . On April 12, 2020, a retired 64 year old veteran named Gregory Gross was assaulted by Yuba City police officers Joshua Jackson, Scott Hansen and Nathan Livingston after they had charged Gross for driving while intoxicated. Gross

2320-430: The officers, despite body camera video emerging which captured the prolonged abuse of the handcuffed senior citizen. In 2022, after several surgeries and years of physical therapy, Gross sued the police department, ultimately winning a $ 20 million settlement, which was one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history. Yuba City is located at 39°8'5" North, 121°37'34" West (39.134792, −121.626201). According to

2378-588: The operation in November 2016. On November 6, 2017, the Gold Sox management announced that they were reverting the team name back to the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox after the originally-named professional team. On October 4, 2018, the Gold Sox announced that they are considering options for 2019 and beyond as a result of the Great West League suspending operations. On November 15, 2018, the Gold Sox announced that they would cease operations if new ownership

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2436-654: The population) lived in households, 125 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 455 (0.7%) were institutionalized. There were 21,550 households, out of which 9,012 (41.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 11,277 (52.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,969 (13.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,412 (6.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,436 (6.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 118 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 4,753 households (22.1%) were made up of individuals, and 1,960 (9.1%) had someone living alone who

2494-523: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 27,820 people (42.8%) lived in rental housing units. Yuba City also has a large population of Punjabi Mexican Americans . As of the census of 2000 , there were 36,758 people (60,507 as of January 1, 2006), 13,290 households, and 8,944 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,924.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,515.2/km ). There were 13,912 housing units at an average density of 1,485.3 per square mile (573.5/km ). The racial makeup of

2552-601: The region when they were first encountered by Spanish and Mexican scouting expeditions in the early 18th century. One version of the origin of the name "Yuba" is that during one of these expeditions, wild grapes were seen growing by a river, and so it was named "Uba", a variant spelling of the Spanish word uva (grape). On the map of the area made by Jean Jacques Vioget in 1841, a Maidu rancheria called Buba, noted in Stephen Powers ' 1877 book The Tribes of California as

2610-571: The team after the 2014 season. In 2015, the organization was sold to CSH Holdings, Pat Gillick, Kevin Knight and Jake Knight. In 2016, the team moved to the Great West League which played a balanced schedule home and away. The League and team conduct operations like a class A short season minor league baseball team (examples: New York-Penn League and Northwest League). The ownership group hired veteran general manager Michael Mink to handle

2668-582: The top employers in the city are: Yuba City is known for its sizeable Sikh community. The Sikh population in the Yuba–Sutter area has grown to be one of the largest in the United States and one of the largest Sikh populations outside of the Punjab state of India. Each year on the first Sunday of November, Sikhs from the United States, Canada, India, the United Kingdom and throughout the world attend

2726-519: The upstart Golden Baseball League . Three of the 8 current GBL cities are former Western League markets, as Reno was added to the circuit in 2006, while St. George became a member of the league in 2007. On September 9, 2014, it was reported that former WBL team, the Grays Harbor Gulls , would be reborn as a member of the new Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League in 2015 and would play their home games at Olympic Stadium once again. It

2784-463: The village of Yú-ba, was located at the present site of Yuba City. The Mexican government granted a large expanse of land, which included the area in which Yuba City is situated, to John Sutter —the same John Sutter upon whose land gold was subsequently discovered in 1848. He sold part of this tract to some enterprising men who wished to establish a town near the confluence of the Yuba River and

2842-474: The world. The Feather River borders the city to the east and the area is sometimes referred to as the "Feather River Valley", which divides the city from its neighbor Marysville . Yuba City has a hot-summer mediterranean climate ( Csa according to the Köppen climate classification system) which consists of cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. On average, January is the coolest and wettest month, and July

2900-405: Was 33.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males. There were 23,174 housing units at an average density of 1,581.2 per square mile (610.5/km ), of which 12,266 (56.9%) were owner-occupied, and 9,284 (43.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%. 36,525 people (56.3% of

2958-430: Was 4,429.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,710.4/km ). The racial makeup of Yuba City was 37,382 (57.6%) White , 1,591 (2.5%) African American , 909 (1.4%) Native American , 11,190 (17.2%) Asian , 228 (0.4%) Pacific Islander , 9,772 (15.1%) from other races , and 3,853 (5.9%) from two or more races. There were 18,413 Hispanic or Latino residents, of any race (28.4%). The Census reported that 64,345 people (99.1% of

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3016-399: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99. There were 15,658 families (72.7% of all households); the average family size was 3.49. There were 18,314 people (28.2%) under the age of 18, 6,630 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 17,575 people (27.1%) aged 25 to 44, 14,810 people (22.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,596 people (11.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

3074-647: Was 70,117 at the 2020 census. Yuba City is the principal city of the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Sutter County and Yuba County . The metro area's population is 164,138. It is the 21st largest metropolitan area in California, ranked behind Redding and Chico . Its metropolitan statistical area is part of the Greater Sacramento CSA . The Maidu people were settled in

3132-469: Was changed to the Marysville Gold Sox in 2010 to more particularly identify the city in which the team was located, but had since reverted to "Yuba-Sutter". The Gold Sox name was chosen in honor of Yuba-Sutter (two adjoining counties separated by a river with the towns of Marysville and Yuba City on each side), having been called the "Gateway to the Gold Fields" during the California gold rush of

3190-521: Was handcuffed and compliant at the time of the incident. After twisting his arm and stating that he was now using "pain compliance techniques," Jackson proceeded to throw Gross face first into the ground, severing his vertebrae and leaving him permanently paralyzed. Jackson was afterwards allowed to retire, while Hansen and Livingston remained officers with the Yuba City Police Department. No charges have been brought against any of

3248-817: Was no release of radioactive material as a result. On May 21, 1976, a school bus carrying members of the Yuba City High School's choir to a performance at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California plunged 28 feet off the exit ramp on I-680 at Marina Vista Road in Martinez, California . Twenty-seven students and one adult chaperone died and twenty-three students were seriously injured. On February 24, 1978, five young men from Yuba City, Gary Dale Mathias, Jack Madruga, Jackie Huett, Theodore (Ted) Weiher and William Sterling, aged between 24 and 32 years, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. They went to

3306-687: Was not found. In 2019, a new local group, YCM Baseball Group, LLC, led by local agricultural entrepreneur Al Montna, purchased the Gold Sox and became members of the Golden State Collegiate Baseball League joining former GWL rivals the Medford Rogues . In 2020, the Gold Sox season in the GSCBL was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . As a result, they helped create a smaller short-season league known as

3364-491: Was used, and the aircraft ran out of fuel. It crashed before meeting with a tanker aircraft. The pilot gave the bailout command, and the crew egressed at 10,000 ft, except for the pilot, who ejected at 4,000 ft, while avoiding a populated area. The aircraft was destroyed. The weapons, two Mark 39 (3.8 megatons each) thermonuclear bombs (identified from declassified Department of Energy films and photographs) were destroyed on impact though no explosion took place, and there

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