Nevada City News

TAHOE/TRUCKEE - On Tuesday, June 5, voters in Placer and Nevada Counties will be asked to go to the polls and vote.

Highway 49 was blocked by a car accident near Brewer Road, Tuesday afternoon. CHP Public Information Officer Marc Morrison says the driver of a 1996 Buick was south bound when her car ran off the right side of the road and she over corrected.

Richard Hurley and TJ Meekins share a love of California history. They impart that love to readers in "Queen of the Northern Mines - A Novel of the Civil War in California." The "queen" of the title, the Foothills town of Nevada , played an important if little acknowledged part in the conflict.

Residents of Cascade Shores east of Nevada City will be getting a larger, more reliable public water system, under actions taken Wednesday by the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors.

In a solemn ceremony in honor of our veterans on Memorial Day,A members of the American Legion held a ceremony at Pioneer Park in Nevada City with a traditionalA laying of the wreath ceremony .

Residents of Cascade Shores east of Nevada City will be getting a larger, more reliable public water system, under actions taken Wednesday by the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors.

Being a little sleepy and operating a car with worn tires may have lead to a 22 year old Nevada City woman crashing her car into an embankment around 4:30 this morning.

Longtime Nevada City physician Scott Kellermann, MD, has received one of the highest honors bestowed by Rotary International, the Rotary "Service Above Self" award for exemplary humanitarian service.

A Big Rig hauling a 40 foot trailer loaded with dirt and rock overturned on Highway 20 near Whitecloud around 7am this morning.A Highway 20 isA closedA as the accident scene is beingA cleaned up by Cal Trans crews.A The CHP saysA evenA local traffic is not being allowed beyond Nevada City up Highway 20 until the accident is cleared.A CHP Sgt.

You're glad to see him because he's lots of fun, and you hope he comes back. But during the visit, your uncle not only makes himself comfortable, he takes over the house.

Emily Satern and Randy Medeiros of Sacramento, are engaged to be married on Sept.

Every city fortunate enough to be chosen as a start or finish for a stage of the Amgen Tour of California chants the same mantra: But Sonora, which today will host the start of the race's Stage 4, has added another spoke to that wheel: The Washington Street merchants are doing everything possible to stoke local excitement for the event, as well as ... (more)

Signs are up. Store windows are decorated with bicycles. And downtown Sonora shop owners are making sure they have enough staff and supplies to get through what will likely be one of the biggest days of business all year - Wednesday's fourth stage start of the AMGEN Tour of California.

Retrieving the family jewels can be a rich and rewarding experience, especially if they're locked up in Gold Country.

The Superior Court of California, County of Nevada announced the award of the John H. Darlington Educational Scholarship to Tod Buis.

It was the curvature of the front hood, its distinguished, classic look and feel that grabbed and held David Rawcliffe's attention.

Most of our attentions when planning our travels fall on experiencing major centres and new cultures.

Ken and I had a nice little vacation last week, up near Grass Valley and Nevada City.

A couple years back Berkeley DJ, True Justice played a show he'd never forget-opening for Biz Markie in San Jose on Cinco de Mayo.

A 3 day Conference hosted by the Sierra Fund is underway in Nevada City to take a look at the Toxic Legacy of Mining and the impacts on local residents.A The conference opened yesterdayA with a keynote address from California Department of conservation Director Mark Mechodom,A and today SYRCL and the Sierra Fund are teaming up to presentA a series ... (more)