Stockton homicide suspect arrested during Nevada County traffic stop
A man accused of shooting and killing a 69-year-old Stockton in March was arrested this week in Nevada County, officials said.
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A man accused of shooting and killing a 69-year-old Stockton in March was arrested this week in Nevada County, officials said.
As thousands of people headed to the mountains for Memorial Day weekend, law enforcement and rescue crews in Nevada County warned visitors to be prepared before heading into the backcountry.
Deputies are patrolling remote trails near Bowman Lake, where limited cell service and rugged terrain can quickly turn a weekend trip into an emergency.
A Nevada County criminal grand jury indicted the executive director of the Fire Safe Council on more than two dozen felony charges, including embezzlement and fraud, prosecutors said on Sunday.
A deadly shooting in a remote area of Nevada County Saturday afternoon is being investigated as a homicide, deputies said.
The Nevada County Planning Commission recently recommended that a development project in Cedar Ridge be put in front of the board of supervisors for a vote.
In February, Caltrans started chopping hundreds of trees to expand Highway 49 in Grass Valley from the McKnight Way interchange to Allison Ranch Road.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors was set to vote on legalizing RV living on Tuesday. The vote was put on hold while staff were directed to make revisions to the proposed ordinance.
Law enforcement officials are investigating after a man was found dead in a wooded area of Grass Valley following a recent storm in Northern California.
Authorities identified the three remaining victims in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe as Andrew Alissandratos, Nicole Choo and Michael Henry.
The identities of some of the victims of the deadly California avalanche near Lake Tahoe became known on Thursday.
Both Interstate 80 and Highway 50 in Northern California's high country were seeing extended closures as extreme weather blankets the region.
Residents across the Northern California high country are without power on Thursday morning as another storm hits the region.
The avalanche was reported near Castle Peak in Nevada County, north of Boreal Mountain Ski Resort.
Every winter, the area of California's Sierra Nevada where the avalanche occurred receives an average of 411.5 inches of snow annually, making it one of the snowiest places in the western hemisphere, according to experts.
The avalanche was reported near Castle Peak in Nevada County, north of Boreal Mountain Ski Resort.
A group of 15 backcountry skiers was reportedly involved in the incident, the sheriff's office says. Nine remain unaccounted for.
The avalanche happened amid extremely treacherous conditions near Castle Peak in Nevada County on Tuesday.
A tree fell onto a Nevada County home during Tuesday morning's snowstorm, leaving one woman stunned as she returned from work to find her bedroom destroyed.
The incident happened near Castle Peak, authorities say, and some backcountry skiers are missing.
Nevada County was selected to host a listening session on the State of California's first-ever plan for the creative economy.
A driver died after being ejected from a vehicle in a crash down an embankment off Interstate 80 in Nevada County, authorities said.
A driver is dead after a pickup truck crashed off Highway 49 and into Deer Creek in the Nevada City area Wednesday evening, officials said.
Two people have been hospitalized after a fire at a rural Nevada County home Monday morning.
Improving evacuation routes in case of an emergency is the goal behind a new project proposal in Nevada County.
