The Grass Valley Fire Department has taken a couple of major steps toward enhancing emergency medical response. They’ve hired Kevin Cartzdafner to a new position of Emergency Medical Services Administrative Captain. Department Public Relations Officer, Chris Armstrong, says Cartzdafner brings … Read more >
PG and E’s tree trimming program, adopted four years ago, to reduce wildfire risk and liability near its power lines, is being phased out as ineffective. That’s according a report in the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by the utility. … Read more >
Along with staying at historical Inns in Mendocino, or a resort like setting along the coast, another cool place to stay in the Mendocino area, almost completely hidden from view from the highway by trees, is the Brewery Gulch Inn. … Read more >
More national recognition for Nevada County. At the recent conference of the National Association of Counties, they received the Best in Category Award for a program they created to clean up low-elevation snow damage from 2022. It was in the … Read more >
Final funding has been obtained for a critical wildfire mitigation project in Nevada County. Cal Fire has awarded a three-point-nine million dollar grant for Phase Two of the so-called Woodpecker Ravine Shaded Fuel Break. County Office of Emergency Services Senior … Read more >
A Grass Valley man who is well known to area law enforcement has been arrested again. CHP Officer Jason Bice says 32-year-old Michael Norton had originally been stopped, early Friday, on his motorcycle, on Highway 49, in the north part … Read more >
The good news is that the scenic Bowman corridor in the Sierra is finally open for recreationists, after downed trees closed the main road well into the summer. But Nevada Irrigation District Recreation Manager, Monica Reyes, says people had already … Read more >
Another unique way to beat the heat is to actually stay in Mendocino itself. The town or village sits on a piece of land that stretches out into the Pacific with Smugglers Cove and Big River to the South. The … Read more >
It’s now August, and it remains an unusually quiet wildfire season for the North State. Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit has responded to 54 fewer incidents since the beginning of the year, or 163. Only 354 acres have been scorched so … Read more >
Deadheads are still very numerous in Nevada County. And they’re getting ready for their annual tribal gathering on Saturday, at Pioneer Park, for the 27th annual Jerry Bash. It began just a year after the passing of Grateful Dead leader … Read more >
