Loma Rica News

It's not unusual for Nevada County residents, particularly those who live at high elevations, to see black bears.

Loma Rica Organic Farm held an annual Harvest Festival at the property off Brunswick Road, in Grass Valley.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; 18532 Highway 174, Chicago Park. Craft vendors and demonstrations from the Chicago Park 4-H Club today.

Hopes of luring a high-tech company with up to 30 employees to Nevada County may hinge on a $1.2 million incentive package county officials are preparing.

Four months in, the Stonehouse Hospitality Academy in Nevada City is growing as the jobs training program and catering service begins to flourish under the radar.

Loma Rica Ranch will hold its 5th annual Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch in support of Big Brother Big Sisters of Nevada County 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Oct.

Joe and Edwina Grande, owners of Grande Wood Designs, have opened a retail space for the first time after 20 years of business.

The fourth annual Tour of Nevada County highlighting manufacturing businesses will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept.

A crew member of the Fenner Canyon camp clearing the area of brash and pine needles with fire craws slowly towards the crew members on Mark Court off Troost Trail.

A head of smoke rises from the Dobbins fire in Yuba County, photographed in an easterly direction near Collins Lake on Friday, August 14, 2009.

A head of smoke rises from the Dobbins fire in Yuba County, photographed in an easterly direction near Collins Lake on Friday, August 14, 2009.

A foothill community in Yuba County is having a blues festival, barbecue and motorcycle ride this weekend to raise money for last year's fire victims in Butte County.

A foothill community in Yuba County is having a blues festival, barbecue and motorcycle ride this weekend to raise money for last year's fire victims in Butte County.

Air tankers snuffed a Yuba County wildfire before it burned a home Monday, according to Steve Bradley of Calfire, the state's fire and forestry agency.

Air tankers have been called in to strike a wildfire that broke out early this afternoon in Yuba County near the Butte County line.

Dawn Bateman took Rey Johnson's spot on the Grass Valley Planning Commission Tuesday night on a unanimous vote by the City Council.

The push to put the Dorsey Drive interchange on the fast track for construction has slowed, with a new construction date set for next year.

Grass Valley Police Department Monday 12:18 p.m. - A caller from Sutton Way reported a man and a woman in a car sniffing from a can and acting as if they were under the influence.

Rey Johnson has resigned from the Grass Valley Planning Commission, citing an inability to vote on key city issues because of possible conflicts with his land holdings.

A 12-year-old Linda boy was accidentally shot in the head by his 14-year-old brother, Yuba County Sheriff Steve Durfor said Wednesday.