Nevada County Local News

Newsom wants the new Legislature to ‘protect’ California from Donald Trump on civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and immigrant families. The session will start Dec. 2.

A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires.

In their November 6 meeting, the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors appointed Earl Stephens to the vacant District 4 seat on the board.

Learn more about the virtual town hall on November 18 focusing on upcoming changes to Nevada County waste disposal.

Learn more about how the just-passed $10 billion climate bond measure will fund resiliency projects across the state.

Read the letter from PG&E regarding the update provided at the October 23 Nevada Irrigation District meeting.

Learn more about the annual fundraising day on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year falling on December 3.

The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitos have been detected in more areas of Santa Clara County, prompting officials to hold meetings to discuss their response to the threat posed by the species. 

Learn more about the four warm clothing November distribution dates for the United Way of Nevada County Project Warmth clothing drive.

Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

CalFire has lifted the burn permit suspension, but people still need to check if it's a permissive burn day before lighting outdoor fires.

THE SALINAS VALLEY is the setting for fecund soil, labor rights movements and John Steinbeck novels.Squeezed into one 90-mile-long wedge between the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountains, the valley’s residents constitute less than 1% of Californians but have shaped the identity of the whole state.

Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.

Homeless Californians face many barriers to casting a ballot, even in elections that affect their lives. Some counties and nonprofits are trying to boost turnout.

The Nevada County Local Agency Formation Commission is holding a public hearing for a municipal service review of local fire and emergency response services on November 21. Click to learn more.

To help get out the vote, Nevada County Connects has partnered with the Nevada County Elections Office to offer free transit on November 4 & 5.

Learn more about the November 5 meeting of the Judicial Council’s Court Facilities Advisory Committee and the two sites under consideration for the new Nevada County Courthouse.

California motorists buy and consume a billion gallons of gasoline each month and are very sensitive about pump prices, which are markedly higher than those in other states. Naturally, they are a political football.

A strain of bird flu that imperiled California poultry and cattle has jumped to people. In humans, the symptoms are mild and the virus has not been transmitted among people.

Proposition 33 on local rent control and the related Proposition 34 are attracting the most campaign cash by far of the 10 ballot measures. But the amount pales to what was spent on dueling sports betting measures in 2022.