Nevada County Resilience Digest

The Penn Valley Family Resource Center is partnering with Ready Nevada County and the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools to help Penn Valley residents prepare for wildfire season. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn more about new Interim Fire Chief Tom Browning.

To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which provides health insurance for roughly 15 million disabled and low-income Californians — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is borrowing $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today he will grant State Farm’s request to raise home insurance premiums by 22% on average if the company agrees to certain conditions — and wins approval at a public rate hearing next month.

California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households.

The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction noise, pollution and traffic. Residents worry their rural farm towns will never be the same.

Evacuation routes, fuel reduction and wildfire prevention will be among the topics of a community forum scheduled for March 21. Read on for details and plan on attending to better prepare for the upcoming fire season.

Read on to learn more about the recent release of updated fire hazard maps for the Grass Valley area and how you can give input and get your questions answered.

California Assembly Bill 247 would significantly raise the hourly wage of inmate firefighters. Read on to learn more.

Communication from the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County to local Firewise Communities has sparked confusion about a grant application. Read on for details.

Read on to learn how you can view and comment on the new Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map for Grass Valley, recently released by the Office of The State Fire Marshal.

Read on to learn more about how to harden your home against wildfire at a free Second Saturday Home Hardening Workshop in Nevada City.

Read on to learn more about the fuel reduction work along Gracie Road in the Banner Mountain area of Nevada County.

Five years ago, as COVID-19 hit the state, legislators cancelled a hearing to discuss a state audit that found the state’s office of emergency services and at least three California counties weren’t prepared to help vulnerable people during natural disasters.

Read on to learn why Tri Counties Bank is suing the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County for being in default of $806,301.30 in obligations.

The governor has proposed spending climate bond money dedicated to wildfire mitigation in various ways. Some lawmakers think a focused strategy would be more effective.

Read on to learn more about the pilot biochar program recently approved by Nevada City.

Ricardo Lara said he will look at information provided by State Farm before revisiting his previous decision to reject the company’s emergency rate hike.

Each year, legislation aimed at better wildfire mitigation fails – often due to cost or conflict with environmental regulations.

THE RECENT SPREAD of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles has underscored the importance of Watch Duty, the wildfire mapping app that provides early warning of fires and tracks their spread. And it is also casting a spotlight on the work of two volunteers, Danilla Sands of Mendocino County and Sara Paul of Sonoma County, both of whom play critical roles in ensuring the app has the latest fire information.

California has known for years that it must pay extra attention to people with disabilities and limited mobility during natural disasters. Will it put the lessones of the L.A. fires to use for the next emergency?

In the days and weeks following the January Los Angeles County wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his office moved quickly to manage the response and begin recovery efforts after the blazes were contained. Since then, the governor has been singularly focused on the region, describing his approach as “an extended period of engagement” with L.A. during a press conference in Altadena last week.

Read on to learn about the recent workshop presented by the Nevada County Resource Conservation District with a focus on preventing tree mortality during prescribed fires.

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, State Farm asked for an “emergency” premium increase of 22% on average for California homeowners. Lara today denied the request pending more information.

In their February 11 meeting, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors signaled support for a deal with Pioneer Community Energy to provide electricity to local residents and businesses. Read on to learn more about Pioneer Community Energy and community choice aggregation.

Read on to learn more about the recently completed Community Wildfire Protection Plan just adopted by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors.

Sen. Kelly Seyarto is the only former career firefighter currently serving in the Legislature. But as a Republican in a Democratic supermajority, he says it can be challenging to make progress on wildfire policy.

This report details a prescribed burn project on 570 acres along the South Yuba River outside Nevada City. Read on for more information.

State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases.

Roughly a month after deadly wildfires erupted in Los Angeles County, killing at least 29 people, lawmakers in the state Senate have introduced a proposal to bolster Cal Fire staffing, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is meeting with President Donald Trump over disaster aid.

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from November to February.

The statewide count of overwintering monarch butterflies shows a sharp drop in number. Read on to learn more.