Editing Yuba City, California (section)

====Sikh Parade====
Yuba City is known for its sizeable [[Sikh]] community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topix.com/religion/sikh/2009/11/u-s-city-celebrates-sikhism|title=Sikh|work=Topix|access-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107055146/http://www.topix.com/religion/sikh/2009/11/u-s-city-celebrates-sikhism|archive-date=November 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051106/spectrum/main1.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum|access-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205193518/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051106/spectrum/main1.htm|archive-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> The Sikh population in the [[Yuba–Sutter area]] has grown to be one of the largest in the United States and one of the largest Sikh populations outside of the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state of India. Each year on the first Sunday of November, Sikhs from the United States, Canada, India, the United Kingdom and throughout the world attend the Sikh parade in Yuba City, which commemorates the receipt by Sikhs of their Holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, in 1708. The {{convert|4.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} parade features floats and a procession of parade participants. The 2005 parade drew an estimated 56,000 people while the 2007 parade was estimated to draw between 75,000 and 85,000 people of both Sikh and non-Sikh background. In 2008, an estimated 80,000 people came out for the event which is now considered one of the largest gatherings in [[Northern California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/temple_70693___article.html/sikh_parade.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108053234/http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/temple_70693___article.html/sikh_parade.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2008|title=Sikh Heritage Celebrated|website=appeal-democrat.com|access-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, the parade participants rose to an estimated number of 150,000 people.