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County of Nevada Transit Services/Nevada County Connects is offering a Summer Youth Bus Pass, for kids ages 6 -17 with proof of age. The Pass provides unlimited rides on all Nevada County Connects fixed routes including Route 5 to Auburn, Route 6 to Penn Valley – Lake Wildwood, and Route 7 serving the South Yuba […]

Beale AFB, California – Approximately 10 acres of prescribed burning is scheduled for 2 June, 2023 on Beale Air Force Base near the FAMCAMP and Main Base. The intention of this prescribed burn is to reduce hazardous and flammable and improve rangeland by reducing invasive and noxious grass species. Prescribed burn operations will begin when […]

Nevada City, June 2, 2023—Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is investing substantial grant funding in three critical wildfire and multi-hazard strategic plans: an update to the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), an update to the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), and for the first time, launching a Nevada County Evacuation Study. Nevada County […]

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors proclaimed June 2023 as “Celebration of Trails Month” in Nevada County, which recognizes the incredible benefits trails provide local residents and visitors. To celebrate, the County is launching the new Nevada County Trail Finder App to help users discover public access trails throughout Nevada County.  The Nevada County Trail […]

Wolf Creek Community Alliance (WCCA) has completed the installation of two self-guided walks and two bicycle tours with intriguing information about the natural and cultural history of the Wolf Creek Watershed. The walking tours use QR codes to highlight points of interest. The bicycle tours use the app Ride with GPS. All information is in […]

Mars and Venus, Summer Stars, and the June Solstice! The planets of war and love draw nearer each night, as the bright stars of Northern Hemisphere summer rise. And note the June solstice on the 21st. What’s Up for June? Planets buzz the Beehive, your bright evening stars, and how the Summer Solstice revealed the […]

Oregon House, CA – Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Detectives, with the assistance of the Yuba Sutter Regional Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), served a search warrant at a residence in the 13000 block of Licha Lane in Oregon House on May 24, 2023, at approximately 5:30 pm, where they arrested 39-year-old Joseph Woodruff on […]

Nevada City, CA – This month, Nevada County’s nonprofit business hub, Sierra Commons, is launching a fundraising campaign to support a new community program called a Kitchen Incubator that will give local food entrepreneurs the tools they need to start and grow a successful commercial food business.  “The vision of the Kitchen Incubator is to […]

Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the start of the “river season” in Nevada County, where locals and out-of-towners alike descend upon the Yuba River in droves, looking to cool down and enjoy the unparalleled beauty of area. For this reason, Memorial Day weekend is also the start of the South Yuba River Citizens League and […]

This year the river rages past early swimming holidays. It’s still not summer water, pulls the kayakers under, snowmelt and current, dam releases, a full-grown bear almost swept away, emerging battered and coughing on the near shore to disappear, chastened maybe, lucky. Even sons and daughters born here, who know each boulder by name and […]

At its May 25, 2023, quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $83.15 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California and, in some cases, provide new and improved public access, recreational and educational opportunities. One of the projects funded is Upper Rose Bar Restoration Construction, a […]

Shower and thunderstorm chances will retreat to the northern Sierra the rest of the week. Temperatures will return to above average by the weekend. Discussion Clear to partly cloudy skies cover the region as we’re between the closed low moving through SoCal and a series of short-waves passing to the north through the PacNW. Onshore […]

Fire season is here again, agencies and others encourage you to be prepared, (re)pack go bags and have a plan. If you live pretty much anywhere in California, you’re familiar with the to-do lists. Check food and water in the go bags, replace expired prescription medications, verify you are signed up for emergency notifications and […]

OROVILLE, CA — Plumas National Forest firefighters are preparing to start prescribed burning in the Challenge area on the Feather River Ranger District as early as today, Wednesday, May 31, conditions permitting. Overall, approximately 152 acres are planned on three units for treatment between tomorrow and June 4.  Ignitions may take up to four days […]

Isolated to scattered shower and thunderstorm chances continue for the mountains, portions of the foothills, and northern half of the Sacramento Valley through the holiday weekend and next week. Temperatures remain near or slightly below normal. Periods of locally breezy onshore winds. Slight warming for the end of the week into next weekend possible. Discussion […]

Grass Valley, Ca. – On Friday 5/26/2023, a Nevada County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputy arrested 84-year-old George Matson of Grass Valley, a registered sex offender, for a new offense of annoying/molesting a minor, and unlawful entry upon school grounds by a registered sex offender. Earlier in the day, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office received a report […]