Regional

NEVADA CITY, Calif. June 12, 2017 – On Saturday, June 24, Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp will celebrate the joy of traditional music in Nevada City at beautiful Pioneer Park with their twelfth annual “Ceilidh in the Park” picnic concert. Alasdair Fraser, renowned performer and master teacher, is founder and music director of 5 music […]

June 12, 2017 – The Cannabis Regulation Community Advisory Group’s (CAG) second meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 13th, from 2 to 5PM at the Foothill Events Center at 400 Idaho Maryland Road in Grass Valley.  The public is welcome to attend and the meeting will be accessible to watch live on NCTV or archived […]

June 12, 2017 – The County of Nevada is now accepting applications for our Citizen’s Academy, which offers a behind the scenes look at County Government. Citizen’s Academy provides insight into the array of services that help support a healthy, safe and vibrant community. Participants will have a chance to learn about the wide variety of […]

June 12, 2017 – Unseasonably cool weather system exits the region today. Drier weather with a warming trend expected the remainder of the week. Discussion Upper low is shifting east into the Great Basin. Wrap-around showers continue on the backside of the low across the northern Sierra Nevada where light snow is currently being reported […]

June 11, 2017 – Sierra Roadwork Schedule, Sunday through Saturday, June 12-17, 2017. LONG-TERM PROJECTS Interstate 80 (Placer County) from Long Ravine underpass to .2 miles east of Magra Road overcrossing: Roadwork begins for the 2.5 year, $50.6 million project to construct @ 3 miles of additional ‘truck climbing lane’ and other improvements to primarily […]

June 10, 2017 – A few showers mainly over the mountains today. Cooler system Saturday night into Sunday will bring showers, possible thunderstorms, and light mountain snow. Dry and warmer next week. Discussion Forecast area currently under dry conditions as it sits between shortwaves rotating around the low now centered off the northern Oregon coast. […]

June 9, 2017 – On Thursday, June 15th, Lower Colfax Road between Laws Ranch Cross Road and Orzalli Road will be closed to through traffic from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. so that PG&E and Nevada County can remove dead trees affecting overhead utility lines. Please observe all construction signs and the instructions of onsite personnel.  We […]

June 9, 2017 – On June 17th and 18th, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, in cooperation with Beale Air Force Base, and Feather River Air Quality Management District will be conducting a large controlled burn on Beale Air Force Base (BAFB). This burn will help to convert up […]

June 9, 2017 – During the last week of June, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, in cooperation with the University of California Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Field Station and the Feather River Air Quality Management District will be conducting a controlled burn at the UC Field Station […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. June 9, 2017 – Captain Shannan Moon officially announced her candidacy for Nevada County Sheriff yesterday to an overflow crowd at the Ol’ Republic in Nevada City.  Introduced by her visibly proud father and former Nevada City Police Chief Jim Moon, the 27-year law enforcement veteran addressed a large and very diverse […]

June 9, 2017 – I was encouraged and pleased to see an open invitation to the public for the first Community Advisory Group meeting May 22. It instilled trust in the process that county officials set forth for the creation of a permanent cannabis cultivation ordinance. Yet one comments made by one of the CAG […]

June 9, 2017 – I attended  Preserve 174 meeting Wednesday night at the Peardale Fire house on Rt 174 where many local residents were in attendance.  They are passionate and vocal about Caltrans project to widen and straighten parts of Rt 174. The project has been funded and Caltrans is ready to roll. On the Caltrans […]

MARYSVILLE June 9, 2017 – Caltrans is alerting motorists to the National Weather Service forecast of a cold front moving through Northern California this weekend, with snow levels dropping to pass levels for Donner Pass on Interstate 80, U.S. Highway 50’s Echo Summit and Carson Pass on Highway 88 Saturday night into Sunday morning June […]

CARSON CITY, NV June 9, 2017 – At 6:40 p.m., at the 1600 block of Airport Road, Carson City Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Nevada City, California authorities in the apprehension of a Murder Suspect. Earlier today, the murder victim’s vehicle was located at the apartment complex on Airport Road. As preparations were made to contact the […]

June 9, 2017 – A few showers mainly over the mountains today and Saturday.  Cooler system this Sunday may bring showers, thunderstorms, and light mountain snow most areas. Dry and warmer next week. Discussion Southwest flow aloft over NorCal this morning as a late season upper low drops into the eastern Pacific. Orographics may be […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. June 8, 2017 – At approximately 2:15 AM this morning, Gras Valley resident David Strutton, 52, was driving a Ford F-250 pickup truck southbound on Hwy 49, south of Old Downieville Highway (Nevada City area) at an unknown speed.  He was not wearing his seatbelt.  He unsafely turned his vehicle off the […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. June 8, 2017 – On June 7, 2017 at approximately 10:30 pm, a 911 call came into the Nevada County Regional Dispatch Center advising of a possible deceased male located in the 22000 block of State Hwy 20 just outside of Nevada City. Deputies arrived on scene and confirmed the death of […]

Grass Valley, CA  June 8, 2017 – AirFest 2017 comes to the Nevada County Airport on July 7th and 8th, combining full-spectrum aviation with nostalgia, romance and photogenic family fun! Festivities begin with a spectacular Twilight Hangar Party at Alpine Aviation and Sierra Mountain Aviation with parachutists, hi-powered fly-bys and a mood lifting social with […]

June 8, 2017 – Light rain spreading over the area today. Showers tonight spreading eastward on Friday. Showers northern areas over the weekend. Dry with near normal temperatures for the first half of next week. Temperatures warming to above normal by the end of the week. Discussion Weak frontal band dropping southeast through the north […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. June 7, 2017 – This year Nevada County Habitat for Humanity (NCHFH) joins forces with veteran Nevada County vintage car racers Bill and Carolyn Croker in their 1936 Packard for The Great Race. The Great Race takes vintage cars on a route from Traverse City, Michigan all the way to Jacksonville, Florida. […]