Nevada County Community Service & Support Articles

TRUCKEE, Calif.— Sierra Community House is excited to be taking action during the month of September for Hunger Action Month through their virtual food drive, and newfound partnership with Rakkan Ramen, a new ramen and...

Police can’t force homeless people from encampments unless the city in question has “adequate shelter” for those who are displaced, according to courts. Now everyone involved wants to know what “adequate” means.

The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation released a summary of work done over the summer in a quarterly report, which highlights grants, scholarships and community reports.

Some independent California community hospitals have struggled with rising costs since the COVID-19 pandemic. Three declared bankruptcy this year, prompting the state to distribute interest-free loans.

American Medical Response has poured more than $3 million into a November 2024 initiative to raise requirements for levying taxes and fees. The company says it’s looking out for patients, but local officials say it’s about the money.

The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe (HSTT) is hosting the much-anticipated grand opening of its new thrift store, Thrifty Tails Boutique, on Aug. 19.

With this funding, Achieve Tahoe will provide U.S. sailing training and certification to volunteers and staff, increasing the pool of trained adaptive sailing instructors, and purchase a safety craft and a new adaptive R.S. Venture sailboat that will allow individuals …

Under-served youth now have additional opportunities for exciting nature-based wellness adventures. Incorporating social and emotional learning with enviro-literacy, the expanded programs are a collaboration between EPIC Promise, a program of the Tahoe Vail Resort Foundation, and Gateway Mountain Center in …

By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.

A conversation with Stacy Caldwell, CEO of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation

The 19th annual Skate the Lake fundraiser was held along Lake Tahoe's west shore, attracting roughly 175 on everything from longboards and skateboards to roller skates and bicycles.

A recent state survey reveals 2 in 3 Black women are breadwinners; 8 in 10 worry about discrimination or mistreatment and more like Gov. Gavin Newsom than Vice President Kamala Harris.

Showing solidarity with other social classes is a prominent union strategy in the so-called “hot labor summer” sweeping California. It’s too soon to say if the inter-union activity will get employers to bargain.

California grants school boards much local control, but recent events have pushed the state to take steps to stop local school board meetings from turning into potentially dangerous culture war battlegrounds.

Transfer to a four-year institution is a benchmark for success among community colleges, but the numbers are low and disparities across the system persist, especially between colleges in rural areas and those in wealthy suburbs.

One California mental health crisis center grew its staff by almost 50 percent to handle that number of calls from people in need of counseling that it’s received since the state launched its 988 hotline a year ago.

A new ban on flavored tobacco products is accelerating a decline in nicotine tax revenue that funds California’s early childhood services. Some programs are already making cuts.

Los Angeles’ new homelessness solution is meant to quickly get people out of encampments and into housing—as the city grapples with the state’s largest population of unhoused residents. But the program is struggling to house people and connect them with …

After weeks of negotiations, the governor and top Democrats in the Legislature say they have a budget deal. Legislators will start voting today on bills related to the agreement, which sets spending and policy across a wide range of issues …

You have to be 18 to get divorced in California, but there’s no minimum age to get married. Child marriage survivors protested at the state Capitol, but the Legislature likely won’t act until next year.