Could merging fire districts save small rural ones from closing?
Three Nevada County fire districts are merging to keep operations at Rough and Ready Fire that were set to stop on June 30 alive.
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Three Nevada County fire districts are merging to keep operations at Rough and Ready Fire that were set to stop on June 30 alive.
Three Nevada County fire districts are merging to keep operations at Rough and Ready Fire that were set to stop on June 30 alive.
A mother is calling out the operator of a family-friendly Nevada County train ride for forcing her family off mid-ride because of her crying 2-year-old child. That family was then forced to walk back to the station.
A registered sex offender is in jail after an incident from earlier in the week involving two 9-year-olds at a little league baseball field in Grass Valley, authorities said Saturday.
A school in Nevada City has been placed on a precautionary lockdown after possible gunshots were heard near the campus early Thursday afternoon.
Officials were discussing the issue of an old gold mine being possibly reopened when the 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit.
The Idaho-Maryland Mine has sat empty since the 1950s in Grass Valley. At the heart of a Nevada County Planning Commission public hearing: should the mine's gates reopen?
As fentanyl rips apart communities across the country, the message can't be more clear: one pill can kill. It's the message the DEA wants to get across on National Fentanyl Awareness Day.
Retired reporter Dan Adams spent 28 years uncovering injustices for Sacramento viewers. He says he's now facing one after the April death of his 98-year-old mom, Virginia.
Retired reporter Dan Adams spent 28 years uncovering injustices for Sacramento viewers. He says he's now facing one after the April death of his 98-year-old mom, Virginia.
Authorities say two people, including an adult and a child, were killed in a single-car crash on Highway 49 early Tuesday afternoon.
A teenage boy has died after an apparent drowning along a remote area of the South Yuba River in Nevada County on Wednesday.
A recent drowning in Nevada County is renewing calls to be careful during what is expected to be a longer snowmelt than usual.
A recent drowning in Nevada County is renewing calls to be careful during what is expected to be a longer snowmelt than usual.
A Nevada County man has been arrested on suspicion of showing a pornographic video to a child and then molesting them.
Authorities are warning drivers about a large sinkhole that is opening up on a Grass Valley street.
Officials have found decomposed human remains near Truckee, thanks to a call that the Nevada County Sheriff's Office Regional Dispatch Center received.
The change: California's fire marshal mandated that firefighters take the state's training through the fire academy. This training is costly and time-consuming, and doesn't match the volunteer aspect of the job—it's more than that.
When a Penn Valley viewer found out the local Peet's wouldn't accept a Peet's gift card, she called on Kurtis Ming to investigate.
Rain and the weight of snow are threatening buildings in Grass Valley.
Rain is coming down in Grass Valley, where buildings have been red-tagged because of roof cave-ins due to the weight of snow. The situation is being potentially made worse by this latest storm. The weight of snow on top of a commercial caused a roof beam to crack and cause a partial collapse.
Investigators said the driver was under the influence and was following GPS at the time of the crash.
Heavy snow piling up is causing some roofs to collapse in the Sierra, and officials in lower elevations are urging people to hire professionals to clear roofs.
PG&E's latest update, as of Tuesday, is that nearly all customers who were left in the dark following recent storms will have power restored by Wednesday night.
Nevada County is now getting ready for heavy rain after back-to-back snowstorms. Thousands of people remain without power after being in the dark for nearly a week.
