Nevada County Public Safety Articles

Moonshine Ink newspaper in Truckee provides updates on the latest fires in the region, as well as wildfire preparation, firefighting methods and other angles on the fire crisis.

With the Caldor Fire bearing down on the Tahoe region, the Tahoe Weekly has published a detailed guide to evacuating safely and quickly.

Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, states have possessed broad authority to protect public health, even to suspend laws and commandeer private property. Here’s why, and how it works.

In an article by Priya Hutner of the Tahoe Weekly, author, poet and naturalist Obi Kaufmann talks about his latest work: a new book and a documentary film that screens online Sept. 9.

Noise is a form of pollution that threatens public health like any other type of environmental pollution. Here's what federal, state and local governments are doing to quiet things down.

A combination of factors all related to climate change are fueling the ‘unprecedented’ growth of the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County.

PG&E has a long history of starting wildfires, including the Dixie Fire, with equipment failures. Now, a federal judge wants the company to hand over information on the fires it has started this year.

As a new wildfire burned through Nevada and Placer counties, federal officials said they would now be more aggressive fighting fires.

Criminal defendants in Nevada County will become quickly familiar with the district attorney and probably, the public defender. Here's how those adversarial offices work.

The state of California, as well as some local governments, will soon require all public employees to be vaccinated against COVID. Here’s why they’re taking that step.

AB 1185, authorizing civilian sheriff's oversight bodies, was one of the few law enforcement reform bills to pass in the wake of the George Floyd protests. What does the law accomplish, and will it make a difference?

After admitting a power line may have started the Dixie Megafire in Butte County, PG&E now says it will place 10,000 miles of power lines underground.

Climate scientists say that global warming is making wildfire season much worse. Here's how climate change causes fires to be more destructive.

Mask requirements appear to be on the way back in California, including for fully vaccinated people. Here's why.

PG&E waited five days to report that one of its power lines may have sparked the Dixie Fire, which is burning across Plumas and Butte counties.

The delta variant and often lagging vaccination rates are putting California in new danger from COVID-19.

A new report reveals that only 20 counties have complied with a law requiring release of workplace COVID outbreak data.

As fire, heat waves and drought threaten the state’s water and power supplies, the governor calls for consumers to cut back on use.

Homeowners whose fire insurance policies were not renewed remain frustrated in their fight to get them back.

Pacific Gas & Electric is asking customers to pay more for protection from wildfires caused by PG&E.