On March 17, 2005 Reach Air Medical Services expanded their service to the Yuba County airport by placing an Agusta 109 helicopter staffed with a Pilot, a Nurse and a Paramedic in service. The Air Ambulance is staffed 24hrs a day every day of the year. The placement of the aircraft at the Yuba County airport drastically reduces the amount of time it takes to get an air ambulance to the scene of an accident in the Yuba-Sutter area. The patient is then only a 15 minute flight away from Sacramento where they can be treated further for any life threatening injuries they may have. The medical crew with REACH is highly trained, typically having extensive Emergency, Critical care and EMS backgrounds. REACH has one of the best Crew-member training programs in the nation and is overseen by medical directors that have countless years of experience in Emergency medicine and Pediatric Critical Care. REACH is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems and has been since 1998. They are leaders in the arena of Medical Flight Transportation as they have had many “firsts” in the industry including there own GPS routing’s and approaches to some of hospitals in Northern California. REACH has Instrument Rated aircraft and use night vision technology while flying at night. REACH has safely transported more than 37,000 patients throughout the last 21 years.

The Yuba City area is served by two main medical providers. The Fremont-Rideout Health Group and the Sutter North Medical Foundation. The Fremont-Rideout Health Group consisted of two hospitals. Fremont Medical Center is located in Yuba City and provides inpatient services that include Labor and delivery, Intensive Care, Surgical services and other inpatient care. Rideout Memorial Hospital is located in Marysville and provides Emergency Services, Intensive Care, Surgical services and advanced Cardiac Services. Rideout is also a designated Level 3 trauma center. Sutter North Medical foundation is a group of Primary Care and specialty physicians that serve the area in their state of the art medical facilities.

Collins Lake is a 1600 acre lake and recreation area with 12 1/2 mile of shoreline, nestled in the beautiful California gold country foothills. It is located about 1 1/4 hours North East of Sacramento in Yuba County between Marysville and Grass Valley.

Collins Lake is open year-round at sunrise. Their facilities include lakeshore camping and RV sites, tent sites, group camps, boat launch, marina and boat rentals, a big sand swimming beach, children’s playground, beach volleyball, picnic area, general store, laundry and hot showers.

We take pride in offering a safe, clean, family friendly park and have security and medical personnel on call 24 hours a day.

Waterskiing is permitted May 1st - Oct 15th. Please note that Collins Lake regulations do not permit the operation of small personal watercraft ie: Jet skis or wet bikes, and unmuffled or excessively noisy boats

Collins Lake is famous for trophy TROUT and BASS fishing!!
They have California’s largest private trout planting program North of Sacramento. More than 40,000 trout are planted every spring. Thousands of the trout are trophy sized, planted at 3 to 8 pounds.

Collins Lake also has had lunker bass weigh in over 15 Pounds! Bass, crappie, bluegill, and catfish are plentiful and intensive habitat areas for them have been built to keep Collins Lake one of the best fishing lakes in Northern California.

The Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox is a professional-grade community baseball team, whose roster is stocked with top-quality collegiate players.

The Gold Sox play 44 home games each summer at All Seasons RV Stadium in Marysville, California as the host team for the Horizon Air Summer Series.

The Horizon Air Summer Series is a unique eleven week competition among elite teams from the Western United States comprised of today’s best college baseball players.

Ellis Lake was originally a sprawling swamp. In 1924, John McLaren, designer of Golden Gate Park, presented plans for transforming the swamp into a lake. Named after W. T. Ellis, a prominent Marysville citizen, Ellis Lake offers a pleasant walk and picnic areas. Ellis Lake is located in Marysville, Ca in Yuba County.

The Sleep Train Amphitheater is located in Marysville, California. It is a great open air music center. Sleep Train Amphitheater has a seating capacity of up to 18,500. These are split into Lawn (10,500) and reserved seats (8,000). The amphitheatre is host to all of the big-name touring acts and performances.