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Plaque vandalized in South Oroville One of the South Oroville African American Historical Society’s plaques was vandalized. Posted: Apr 12, 2021 12:11 AM Updated: Apr 12, 2021 12:12 AM Posted By: Carmela Karcher OROVILLE, Calif. - After checking on the property to do some landscaping, one board member on the South Oroville African American Historical Society (SOAAHS) noticed their plaque was damaged. Kent Fowler, current SOAAHS board member and past president of the Native Sons of the Golden West, said this repair will cost them. “The plaque itself is about $800 to $1,000, but that’s ...

By Gage McKinney | Special to The Union No one will toss pasties this year. The Cornish flag won’t rise above city hall and the choir won’t sing the Cornish anthem “Trelawny.” As it has on other events, the pandemic has stamped canceled on this year’s St. Piran’s Day, Grass Valley’s quirky celebration named for Cornwall’s patron saint. But be assured, the Cornish are still here. In their Celtic homeland, in the southwest corner of Britain, the Cornish mined tin since the Bronze Age and copper for nearly as long. They came to California not for riches but for a better life.

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Born into the Laughlin and Basso/Uliana pioneer families, Ralph lived his entire life in his beloved Livermore. Many happy moments were spent at Granny Laughlin’s ranch at the end of Croak Road. He especially enjoyed Sheep Shearing Saturday, even when his job was at the bottom of the wool sack! He was loved and appreciated by his many aunts and uncles, and they enriched his life in so many ways. While his mother (Sara Laughlin) worked, he was raised by his loving Gram Uliana. The “outdoors” was the favorite part of all he did; be it hunting game birds, deer, shooting targets an...

-- Thomas L Cox has been named a member of the 2020 Executive Council of New York Life, which recognizes the top 21% of New York Life’s elite field force of more than 12,000 licensed agents in sales achievement. Mr. Cox has been a New York Life agent since 1987 and is associated with New York Life’s Northern California General Office in Roseville. He is a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table, which is recognized as the standard of excellence in life insurance sales performance, belongs to Auburn Rotary and the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. Tom resides in Grass Valley near Lak...