Orland News

Slaughterhouse owner Efrain T. Martinez, 54, pled no contest on Nov. 5 to animal neglect charges relating to his Watsonville-based slaughter and feedlot business.

ORLAND A A compassionate Thanksgiving celebration replete with holiday fare, entertainment and a silent auction to benefit Farm Sanctuary's rescued animals is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

A house fire in Corning demolished a mobile home on McLane Ave. around 10 p.m. Friday, Nov.

A proposal for a water bottling plant received a steady barrage of criticism Wednesday at a meeting of the Orland Technical Advisory Committee.

An Orland-area resident will be sentenced Friday for sexually assaulting a girl younger than 14 during a two-year period.

Once a year this small hamlet midway between Chico and Orland doubles its population of 2,000. Early Saturday morning, families began lining up to take advantage of one of the Mexican Consulate of Sacramento's mobile services.

SACRAMENTO The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will waive day-use fees for veterans, active and reserve component service members and their families at the 10 Sacramento District-operated recreation areas in California's Central Valley on Veterans Day, Nov.

Jack and Sharon Gleason recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on July 25, 1959 in Orland.

Last month was a landmark month for Alice Ackerman. Oct. 24 she was inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the organization's headquarters in Bakersfield.

Three people inside a suspect car and a California Highway Patrol officer escaped injury about 2:20 p.m. when they tangled during a high-speed pursuit.

I believe Crystal Geyser should be allowed to locate in Orland and utilize up to 160 acre-feet of water annually from the Tehama aquifer.

The first batch of H1N1 vaccine has arrived in Butte County and will be going to children at various schools.

Nov. 4 - "Untangling the Web" will be offered in Orland, the last of seven "Build a Better Business" workshop.

In order to clean up groundwater pollution from dry cleaning chemicals, Orland, California is planning on injecting soybean oil into the problem area.

Members of the Orland Friendly Garden Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Carnegie Center, 912 Third St.

The 2009 season was a successful one for the Orland Speedway and promoter Dan Ochs says he is ready to do it again next year.

For years, Orland residents have been sitting atop a toxic plume of groundwater contaminated by dry-cleaning solvents.

Crystal Geyser passed another hurdle Wednesday in the proposal to build a sparkling mineral water plant in Orland.

It is round twoA for a proposed water botling plant for the city of Orland. The city's Technical Advisory Committee today looks at Crystal Geyser's plan for a sparkling water bottling plant off County Road 200.

So where's the swine-flu vaccine? It's trickling in slowly, says the state Department of Public Health.