Happy Labor Day to All Who Celebrate

CalFire awarded a grant to Nevada County Resource Conservation District for fuel reduction efforts on two local ranches.

Sierra Commons is hosting a 15-year anniversary celebration in Nevada City on September 20 with an auction to help fund its business education and entrepreneurial innovation program.

A ribbon cutting ceremony on August 21 celebrated the completion of the 45th home constructed by Nevada County Habitat for Humanity.

Now in its 57th year, the Nevada City Annual Constitution Weekend is scheduled for the weekend of September 14 and 15 in Pioneer Park.

Four candidate forums, and two Pro and Con presentations will be hosted by the League of Women Voters of Nevada County between now and the November 5 election.

The public comment deadline has been extended, and two community meetings scheduled for October, for discussion about a proposed ordinance to allow living in tiny homes on wheels on private property in unincorporated Nevada County.

The third annual Latino Family Festival will be held in Condon Park in Grass Valley on September 12, hosted by PARTNERS Family Resources and the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools .

The 30-day public comment period has commenced for the recently published El Dorado National Forest Caldor Fire Restoration Project Environmental Assessment.

CalFire received the first of five planes promised by the federal government, a former Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air tanker.

California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious distinction.

Unable to jam through bills he says will lower California gas prices, Gov. Newsom calls the Legislature back into session.

The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.

A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.

Early warning systems save lives during disasters, but a recent FEMA survey found that only a third of people are signed up. Use this resource to find your county’s emergency alert sign-up page.

Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.

California Highway Patrol officers received historically high raises in 2022 and 2023, but it continues to face a high vacancy rate of 16%.

Pharmacy benefit managers attempt to negotiate cost savings for insurers. California is considering new rules that would require them to pass their discounts on to consumers.

A trio of California Democratic lawmakers say they’re frustrated by high cost estimates that helped kill their health care legislation. Did the Newsom administration inflate the numbers to quietly kill the bills?

About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.