Updated Wednesday March 10, 2010
Orland Press Register : News
California teachers fed up with cuts
Teachers throughout California rallied Thursday to send a message to Sacramento. Stop the cuts.
Orland Unified School District teachers set up tables, carried signs and offered information and petitions for people wanting state legislators to...
Huge crowds ready to find some bargains waited to get into a rummage sale Friday and Saturday.
The Orland Women's Improvement Club's rummage sale raised about $6,000 that go directly into the community.
All proceeds from the annual event go toward...
County jail upgrades second pod
Upgrades to the Glenn County Jail were made Monday, adding a second maximum security pod to the decades old facility, the Glenn County sheriff's office reported.
"It was a very simple, relatively minor upgrade that makes Pods A and B identical,"...
The equivalent of nearly 12 full-time positions are on the chopping block in the Hamilton Unified School District.
During a special meeting Monday night, the Hamilton school board passed a resolution to cut administrative and teaching positions in...
Community briefs: March 10, 2010
Quilt Guild to meet Monday
The Orland Quilt Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Federated Church, 709 First St., Orland. Goldie Olson of Chico will present a trunk show and share some of her techniques. Everyone is welcomed and refreshments will...
Orland is trading in a former undercover vehicle for a newer car to be used by the police chief.
City council members approved a salvage request last week to dispose of a 2006 Pontiac sedan that has been sitting in the department's back lot for more...
Burglaries prompt police to give warning
Authorities are warning local residents that as the weather warms up, burglaries and other thefts are expected to rise with the temperatures.
A laptop and an unknown amount of cash were reportedly taken from an unlocked Orland home on Sunday, police...
Cleaning up the park with tickets
Eleven parking tickets were issued Monday afternoon to Willows High School students who were reportedly parked illegally during lunch time at Central Park on Laurel Street, police reported.
However, the $27 parking tickets have more to do with a "bad...
Senate debate to streamed live online
Former state Assemblymen Rick Keene and Doug LaMalfa, competing for the state Senatorial District 4 seat held by Sen. Sam Aanestad, square off Thursday night in the first of five political candidates forums broadcast live online by the...
Arundo invades Stony Creek killing natives
The Lower Stony Creek Watershed Restoration Plan is completed and available for public review through the Glenn County Resource Conservation District.
Conservation planner Claudia Street discussed the project with the Orland City Council last week....