A statewide water organization recently published the story “NID Faces Dry Summer After Wet Winter,” alerting its public agency members about the emergency water shortage: “The Nevada Irrigation District (NID) is conserving like it’s 2022, as if the last two …
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. (July 20, 2024) – Users of the popular multi-use paved trails throughout the Tahoe Basin and Truckee will find new messages stenciled in chalk along the trails encouraging trail etiquette. The messages, tested last summer on the …
PLACER/NEVADA/SIERRA COUNTIES – Caltrans is reminding motorists of various lane and ramp closures in multiple locations along Interstate 80 (I-80) as several projects and emergency repairs continue in Placer, Nevada and Sierra counties. Motorists may experience delays up to a …
PLACER COUNTY – Caltrans is advising motorists of a broadband installation project and gas-line replacement work continuing along State Route 28 (SR-28) along the north shore of Lake Tahoe next week. The broadband project is a part of a larger …
The South Yuba Pipe, an approximate one-mile stretch of the South Yuba Canal directly below Spaulding owned by PG&E, was damaged in a rockslide in February. Repairs were slated to be completed by the end of August. Now, it's mid-September. …
Grass Valley, CA – Nevada County Sheriff Deputies with the assistance of Grass Valley Police Department, arrested a 19-year-old Grass Valley man early this morning, July 19, 2024, for felony assault and battery after deputies were called to a residence …
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – Placer County has issued a health advisory in the Carnelian Bay area of Lake Tahoe following a sewage spill that reached the lake yesterday evening. Lake visitors are advised that bacteria levels may be high in …
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. July 19, 2024 – In 18 days, the gates will open for the 2024 Nevada County Fair ‘Carnival Lights and Treat Street Delights' with a big addition to the offerings. The Big Wheel is returning to the …
Nevada City – Nevada County has received national recognition for its coordinated approach that addresses increased visitation and resulting impacts to public safety, trash, traffic and quality of life at the increasingly popular South Yuba River. The National Association of …
Nevada City, CA – This past month seven local law enforcement and fire agencies invited community members to create and submit their best Nevada County breast cancer awareness design to be transformed into this year’s Pink Patch Project Breast Cancer …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for positions that are or will soon become vacant on its California Desert District Advisory Council (DAC), Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC), and the Northern California District …
VALLEJO, Calif., July 18, 2024 — With the lightning storm that passed through the state July 13-15, California sustained 7,139 lightning strikes. Anticipating the incoming storms, the USDA Forest Service had pre-positioned resources throughout the state. These resources were able …
NEVADA COUNTY Caltrans is alerting motorists that various ramp and lane closures are scheduled for the next month along State Routes 20/49 (SR-20/49) in Nevada County as part of the $27 million Gold Nugget Project. Motorists can expect various lane …
Temperatures warm through the weekend with areas of Major and Extreme HeatRisk possible early next week. Thunderstorm chances return today to the Sierra south of Lake Tahoe and may spread a little further north over the weekend into early next …
On Monday July 15th, the Rose Bar spawning habitat project began in water work, placing spawning gravel in the Yuba River at Rose Bar. The new spawning riffles will be built made up of sorted gravel and cobble from on-site, …
I lied. Dianne lied. Even Alice lied. Bobby and Laurel didn’t see it coming. We punked them good. Our GoFundMe campaign to raise enough money to buy Bobby and Laurel Hunsaker a good used car was stalled. This formerly homeless, …
This media release has been updated to reflect the current reward offer. In Defense of Animals and Peace 4 Animals are offering a $5,100 reward for information leading to the conviction of the individual responsible for the cruel abuse and …
Extraordinary new images released today show dozens of uncontacted people in the Peruvian Amazon, just a few miles from a number of logging concessions. Campaigners say they’re a graphic illustration of the urgent need to revoke all the logging licenses …
July 17, 2024 – Huge die-offs of white sturgeon in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta estuary over the last two years were so devastating that the California Fish and Game Commission recently moved to list the iconic gamefish under …
Seasonably hot weather the next couple of days, then hotter weather returns over the weekend into next week. Key Points Discussion A band of high clouds is moving east across far northern California associated with the upper low moving northward …
