Vehicle Nearly CDFW Relocates Takes Out O’Reilly Over One Million Auto Parts Hatchery Salmon PAGE 2 PAGE 12 PROUDLY SERVING OUR AREA SINCE 1879 FRIDAY • JULY 23, 2021 • VOL. 141 NO. 30 SEE City of Live INSIDE National Night Out Oak Struggles GRIDLEY Over Budget YOUNG and Shutdown WOMAN By Seti Long LIVE OAK, CA (MPG) - At the time of print, the infor- TO SERVE mation contained in this article may be, and hope- fully so, matters of the past. But, if the vote remains deadlocked 2-2 at the Wednesday, July 21st Live Oak City Council meet- ing, the motion to pass the FY 2021/22 Budget failing again, Live Oak could con- PAGE 5 tinue its decent further into the unknown. As a re-cap, matters complicated for the City THE NEW of Live Oak when former Mayor Luiz Hernandez EXCITEMENT IS announced his resignation effective May 31st, leaving NO EXCITEMENT the council 60 days to fill his seat by council vote or by special election. Unable to come to a consensus at that time, Council installed Vice Mayor Nancy Santana Bike donations for the Bike Giveaway held at National Night Out keep rolling in. The crew from the Gridley Electric Department as Mayor Pro-tem until donated these two beauties after pooling their personal money to purchase the bikes and GPD has multiple bike donations on the way. Pictured Left to Right: Electric Utility Director Danny Howard, GPD Officers Todd Farr and Sam Stopplemore and the vacancy on the coun- Lieutenant Ruben Quihuiz. Photo by Seti Long cil was filled and a vote to fill the mayor’s position By Seti Long crafts, goods and food. Gridley’s New this year, superhero Spiderman revisited. Applicants for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5731 will even be swinging by! the position were reviewed, PAGE 2 GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - Mark your cal- will be keeping things cool by hand- One of the biggest draws is the bike but ultimately none nomi- endars, National Night Out is right ing out free snow cones, the Gridley rodeo and bike giveaway. Participants nated for the position were around the corner! Lions Club will be serving brauts and in the rodeo will need to bring their selected due to a 2-2 vote The Gridley Area Chamber of the Gridley High School Volleyball own bikes, which will be put to the standstill between sitting Brownie’s Commerce (GACC) in partnership team will be holding their Ice Cream test on a course designed by GPD. councilmembers. with Gridley Police Department Social. There will be plenty to eat The GACC has been hard at work Live Oak continued for- (GPD) and Gridley Fire/CALFIRE and plenty to do! soliciting and collecting bike dona- ward, holding special BAIT BOX Butte County, have organized a fan- Activities galore have been tions for the Bike Giveaway. Bike meetings and public study tastic National Night Out for the planned for the kiddos, including fir- donations from the crew at Gridley sessions regarding the pro- family this year, Tuesday, August ing up Vierra Parks Splash Pad and Electric Department and GACC have posed FY 2021/22 Budget 3rd, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm at Manuel getting the party hopping in bounce already been received and more are to facilitate its passing. Vierra Park, Gridley. houses. Face painting and craft on their way from generous organiza- The budget appeared on Started in 1984 and celebrating its booths will be available for the more tions and members of the community. the agenda to be adopted 38th year, NNO aims to “enhance the mellow visitors, along with games If you would like to donate to at the June 29, 2021 spe- relationship between neighbors and and activities planned by Gridley National Night Out, become a ven- cial meeting but failed to law enforcement while bringing back Fire/CALFIRE. Claude the Dragon dor or have any questions, please pass, along with a three- PAGE 7 a true sense of community,” says will be making a fiery appearance contact the Gridley Area Chamber month resolution to lock the NNO website. NNO 2021 will and the little ones won’t want to miss of Commerce at (530) 846-3142. See down operation costs at PRESORTED STD. selfies with the Disney Princesses. you there! H US POSTAGE feature a variety of vendors selling the level equal to the most PAID recent budget, a measure PERMIT 245 that could potentially keep Gridley, CA 95948 the City running if the bud- get was not adopted. On Change Service Requested a positive note, council Dixie Fire Threatens Bucks, Almanor and More managed to unanimously approve a two-week con- By Seti Long company had in its start is everywhere on the top 1 and 2 engines in there tinuance, enabling council not yet known. end of the fire.” He shared in the event that we have to revisit the budget again PLUMAS, LASSEN AND Currently, the fire has that “critical infrastructure another significant move- at the next regularly sched- BUTTE COUNTIES, CA (MPG) burned over 85,479 acres and homes” down in the ment of the fire. That way uled meeting. Meanwhile, - Evacuation Warnings and is roughly 15 percent area near Buck Lake, or we have multiple resources the potential of a shutdown continue to turn into contained, with a full con- Branch 1 of the fire, “are in there to protect the com- loomed on the horizon for Evacuation Orders as the tainment date unknown. no longer threatened.” munities at risk.” the City of Live Oak. Dixie Fire, burning for Rugged terrain has posed Meanwhile, CALFIRE CALFIRE is also using Without a tie-breaking more than a week now, challenges to crews bat- is utilizing direct lines pre-existing dozer lines vote, the motion to approve continues its spread and tling the blaze as 237 between the communi- used to combat the Chip the FY 2021/22 Budget expansion through the engines, 42 water tenders, ties of Jonesville and Fire to limit the forward ultimately failed at the July Feather River Canyon. 22 helicopters, 74 hand Lionsville (Branch 5 and spread of the fire towards 14th City Council meet- According to a crews, 56 dozers, 3,345 Branch 10 of the fire) to the Lake Almanor Area. ing, the fate of the City of CALFIRE Incident personnel and a number limit the spread and pro- For more information Live Oak falling victim Update, the Dixie Fire fire-fighting air tankers tect those communities. on evacuation orders/ to the 2-2 deadlock vote started July 13, just after from throughout the state, The northern front warnings, road closures again. Councilmembers 5:15 pm near the Cresta work in tandem to sup- of the fire is currently and updates, please visit Bob Woten and Vice Mayor Powerhouse in the Feather press the spread of the fire headed towards Butt Lake, the following websites Nancy Santana voted to River Canyon in Plumas (per CALFIRE Incident Almanor and Canyondam for the following coun- approve the budget, with County. Since then, it has Report: https://www.fire. areas, prompting county ties. Lassen County: Councilmembers Lahkvir grown to incorporate 2 ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/14/ officials working with Lassen County Sheriff’s Ghag and J.R. Thiara vot- more counties in its burn dixie-fire.). CALFIRE to upgrade Office - https://tinyurl. ing against its passing. path, Lassen and Butte, In a broadcasted update Evacuation Warnings to com/sy9frpx6; Plumas As of midnight July 14th, threatening many inhab- by CALFIRE the morn- Evacuation Orders. Fields County: Sheriff Dixie the City of Live Oak is shut ited areas and recreational ing of Wednesday, July says, “We’ve got 4 con- Fire Information- https:// down. destinations. The fire has 21st, Merrick Fields with tingency groups in the tinyurl.com/2t3kuv69; The resulting shutdown allegedly been linked the Dixie Fire Incident Meadow Valley, Bucks Butte County: Butte and deadlock seems to, to PG&E, but the exact Management Team 1 Lake, Lake Almanor and County Sheriff Office- in part, stem from con- cause of the fire and what informed the public that Hwy 70 corridor with a www.buttecounty.net/ cerns about budgeted items potential role the energy we have “people working significant amount of type sheriffcoroner. H Continued on page 2 www.GridleyHerald.com 2 FRIDAY» JULY 23, 2021 » THE GRIDLEY HERALD The New Pi-Line Vehicle Nearly Takes Out commuters going from been put in cars with a parts North to Sacramento recipe card for zucchini O’Reilly Auto Parts have been using this bread. Somehow, across incredible shortcut of side all faith traditions, if you By Seti Long roads and Highway 70. add the zucchini rec- Now Highway 70 is under ipe card, it's OK to leave GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - On construction as more and zucchini on someone's Saturday, July 17th at more of it is turned into doorstep, in their house, approximately 8:13 am, a a four-lane superhighway in their car, hospital room, single car, single passen- instead of a two-lane death or in their Sunday school ger accident occurred at the trap. Plan for delays. classroom. Gridley O’Reilly Auto Parts. By Josh F.W. Cook *** *** Gridley Police Officers responded to a call at the Maybe I'm just para- The unintended con- During the latter-day sequences of things global virus end of days O’Reilly Auto Parts store noid, but it bothered me located in the Heritage last week that right under- are interesting to track. pandemic-apocalypse, Thousands and thou- the Governor issued an Oak Shopping center.