Regional

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. May 15, 2024 – On Monday, Gold Country Senior Services (GCSS) learned their lease on the Brunswick Road property, owned by Rise Gold, is being canceled early. The non-profit uses the site to store, split and distribute firewood to low-income seniors. “For forty-three years, Gold Country Senior Services Firewood Program has provided […]

Deputy Josephine Strachan moved to the United States at age 3 from Germany and grew up in Butte County, California. She knew from a young age that she would one day pursue a career in the criminal justice field and moved to Nevada County eight years ago after becoming a deputy with the Nevada County […]

The Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that their 2024 Spring Fundraising Drive has secured  $25,000 Challenge Match. From now until May 31st, every dollar raised will be matched up to $25,000. The Center for the Arts is grateful to the anonymous donors who are willing to match their community’s generosity. Your donations […]

Nevada City, CA – Owners of 142 North San Juan parcels will soon decide whether to pay an approximately $130-per-parcel tax to support a proposed fire suppression system. The Board of Supervisors on May 14 voted to conduct a mailed ballot election to form a County Service Area (CSA) that would create the funding mechanism […]

LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Cal., May 14, 2024 – On a sunny Saturday morning, 100 volunteer participants fanned out across Lake Tahoe’s South Shore to take water quality samples from 34 streams, creeks, ponds, and lakes to monitor the health of the Truckee River watershed and Lake Tahoe as part of the 24th annual Snapshot Day. They […]

QUINCY, Calif. – The Plumas National Forest and Plumas Arts are excited to partner together on the 8th annual collaboration to select and showcase artists for the 2024 Artist in Residence program at the Black Mountain Lookout. The Artist in Residence program provides a unique opportunity for artists to spend three nights at Black Mountain […]

TRUCKEE, Calif. (May 14, 2024) — This summer, residents and visitors to the Truckee region of the Tahoe National Forest can expect to see fuels reduction work in various locations. Planned treatments include mechanical thinning, mastication, hand thinning and prescribed fire. This work will protect crucial water supplies for the Reno metropolitan area, reduce the […]

On Friday morning, May 10, 2024, an enthusiastic crowd gathered at Truckee’s Old Jail Museum to witness the dedication and unveiling of a plaque commemorating one of Nevada County’s newest landmarks. Truckee’s Chinatowns were declared a County historical landmark by the Board of Supervisors last June at the recommendation of the Nevada County Historical Landmarks […]

PLACER/NEVADA/SIERRA COUNTIES – Caltrans is reminding motorists of various lane and ramp closures in five locations along Interstate 80 (I-80) as emergency repairs continue in Placer, Nevada and Sierra counties. Here is the breakdown for this week: Westbound I-80 Eastbound I-80 Additionally, crews will begin upgrades to the westbound Donner Lake Vista Point starting 8 […]

Nevada County Calif. May 11, 2024 – Thank you to all our readers who sent us their photos from last night’s celestial spectacle. The G5 geomagnetic storm produced aurora borealis that could be seen throughout much of the country. Here are some of the photos you shared. More photos from Friday night The aurora was […]

Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10. Additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend. This severe geomagnetic storm includes the potential for aurora to be seen as far south as Northern California.  G4 conditions were observed by SWPC around 9:37 […]

Auburn, CA – On Thursday afternoon May 9, 2024, at approximately 2:00 pm, The Nevada County Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a witness reporting they could hear a man yelling outside of a Lake of the Pines home in apparent crisis, making threats of using a firearm. Deputies and allied agencies responded […]

NEVADA CITY, CA.  (May 10, 2024) – The Wild & Scenic Film Festival (WSFF), produced by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), has announced their call for film submissions for their 23rd annual event, to take place Feb. 13-23, 2025, in Nevada City and Grass Valley, CA. Film submissions open on May 9. The 23rd […]

Grass Valley – Athena Giuliani, an 18-year-old violinist, has been selected to represent Nevada County Rotary Clubs at the Rotary’s Annual High School Instrument Music Contest in Reno May 18. She will compete for the chance to win a $1,000 prize. Giuliani won the Area 4 Rotary Clubs’ music contest April 14 with her rendition […]

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – Teens face numerous challenges, from hard-to-meet expectations at school to peer pressure, bullying and a ton of stress. But eight young women – each with their own experiences and stories to share – cleared those hurdles and many more through hard work, working with each other and the help of Bright […]