Nevada County Local News

The Nevada County Civil Grand Jury issued a report on April 16 noting continuing problems with the Fire Safe Council accounting of Nevada County funding.

Obstacles are mounting for officials who are attempting to rescue a young gray whale that was discovered entangled in a gillnet off Laguna Beach was recently sighted off the coast of Thornton State Beach in Daly City .

A coalition of timber businesses filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the embattled Pacific Gas & Electric Co., alleging $225 million in damages caused by the 2021 Dixie Fire.

A deep dive into the history and central importance of the South Yuba Canal in delivering water to the Nevada Irrigation District.

The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County announced on April 12 the furlough of all staff and suspension of operations until the funding "impasse with our long–standing partner, the County of Nevada – Office of Emergency Services" is resolved.

Four different master housing plans are available in Nevada County which are pre-approved by the Nevada County Building Department to help reduce costs in housing construction.

The City of Grass Valley and City of Nevada City have engaged with Pioneer Community Energy to power municipal operations with 100% renewable energy.

The 3rd annual Nevada City Earth Fest Street Fair will is taking place downtown on Sunday, April 21 from 11AM - 5PM.

A California Republican’s bill would exempt low and middle income wildfire victims from solar panels requirements on rebuilt homes that didn’t have them when they burned down.

California's reservoirs are brimming with water, and even Shasta Lake could fill up.

A majority of the guns found were loaded, according to the TSA.

Having reached the Phase 1 fundraising goal of $1.5M, the project to acquire the 230+ acre project and return it to the descendants of its original native inhabitants is advancing.

Leaders from YubaNet, KNCO and The Union will discuss the future of local media and other topics at the Nevada County Community Forum on Friday, April 19th 10:30 - 11:30AM.

These professionals provide essential services, but their pay and working conditions do not reflect their value, and their health suffers.

There’s so little data available, it’s impossible to even tell if several of California’s largest homelessness programs are working, according to a statewide audit released Tuesday.

A program that allows solo drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to use carpool lanes on freeways and bridges in California may be removed for good next year.

An update of progress in repairs to the Spaulding Powerhouse by the Nevada Irrigation District.

Anti-tax groups in California have qualified a measure for the November ballot that would make raising state and local taxes much more difficult. It’s a showdown that’s been building for nearly five decades.

Thirty years after prisoners with disabilities sued the state of California and 25 years after a federal court first ordered accommodations, a judge found that state prison and parole officials still are not doing enough to help deaf and blind prisoners.

I thought my journalism and others’ could change policy, perhaps even inspire a New Deal-style response equal to the challenge. Such was my naiveté.