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Molly Fisk writes, coaches, and teaches writing in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.

Each year, United Way of Nevada County holds their Project Warmth program, distributing new or gently used winter clothing items like coats, hats, gloves, and scarves throughout the community for Nevada County residents in need. KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça speaks with Louise Reed, United Way of Nevada County’s executive director, to learn more. Teachers from the Fresno Unified School Distr...

Each year, United Way of Nevada County holds their Project Warmth program, distributing new or gently used winter clothing items like coats, hats, gloves, and scarves throughout the community for Nevada County residents in need.  KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça spoke with Louise Reed, United Way of Nevada County’s executive director, to learn more.

The presence of fire in the forest isn’t new.  Before the 1800s, millions of acres burned in California every year. That was before European settlers chose to outlaw fires set by Native Americans. Unfortunately, this lack of fire has created new problems, one of which being an excess of fuels and debris in our forests. KVMR’s Al Stahler speaks with Rita Clipperton, a prescribed fire and fuel speci...

After local news and weather, Gary Zimmerman joins KVMR News Director, Cláudio Mendonça, to talk about what we might expect from the soon-to-be-released Third Quarter Gross Domestic Product data in another installment of The Economic Report. Mountain lions are one of the state’s largest native predators – but have you ever wondered just how many of them live here? The California Report brings us t...

In this week's Economic Report, Gary Zimmerman joins KVMR News Director, Cláudio Mendonça, to talk about what we might expect from the Third Quarter Gross Domestic Product data that's scheduled to be released on October 26th.  The two also discuss the potential risks facing the economy in the coming year.

A chunk of Nevada County residents have yet to weigh in on the area’s future. KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça tells us who, and how this group can ensure their opinions are incorporated during county planning.  Farming towns in the Central Valley always have water front of mind. But supply, access, and management are in constant question. The California Report looks at innovative strategies to...

KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça talks with youth advocate, DJ, and KVMRx program director, Jai Hanes, about a new local initiative of his called P.E.A.C.E. Class.  The Environmental Protection Agency ​​has forgiven pollution events in over a dozen California counties, and some local regulators are using this forgiveness to reach air quality goals. The California Report has the details. That’s...

About a century ago, it was discovered that mirror images could be made of matter – almost exactly like ordinary matter, but mirrored and, therefore, slightly different. Today, we have a name for it: it’s called antimatter. KVMR’s Al Stahler covers the concept of antimatter in its whole in this installment of Al Stahler Explores.

KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça talks with youth advocate, DJ, and KVMRx program director, Jai Hanes, about a new local initiative of his called P.E.A.C.E. Class. 

The Grass Valley City Council has been taking active steps in their efforts to build wildfire preparedness in Nevada County. KVMR News Director, Cláudio Mendonça, brings us the details from YubaNet.  State education officials say that, next year, they plan to introduce legislation to fund educator development that may help improve student performance. The California Report has the story. Then, aft...

On tonight's newscast KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça stops by to give us an overview of the potential fire resiliency and vegetation management sales tax that the Grass Valley City Council is holding a special meeting on tonight. The council will review and possibly approve a draft expenditure plan at this evening’s meeting. National Native News reports on a court case many speculate will mak...

Kelley Rees speaks to Crystal Blu Jennings from the Nevada County Bear River Library in a special Friday the 13th edition of "Whatcha Reading?" The two discuss the library's Horror and Speculative Fiction Book Club, what Nevada County readers are clamoring to get their hands on this fall, and upcoming library events perfect for the Halloween season. Crystal, whose favorite genre is horror, gives u...

Kelley Rees speaks to Crystal Blu Jennings from the Nevada County Bear River Library in a special Friday the 13th edition of Whatcha Reading? They discuss the library's Horror and Speculative Fiction Book Club, what Nevada County readers are clamoring to get their hands on this fall, and upcoming library events perfect for the Halloween season.  Crystal, whose favorite genre is horror - gives us h...

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th – after a look at local news and weather, KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça takes to the streets of Nevada County to learn about how superstitious our community really is.  Recently, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that extends a state law making it easier to build affordable housing in California cities that have failed to meet state housing goals. The California...

Molly Fisk writes, coaches, and teaches writing in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.

This month, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors is asking residents to complete an online survey. It asks for input on Nevada County, spanning a wide range of topics, from things like economic opportunity to cannabis to wildfire prevention. KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça speaks with Lisa Renner, the county’s Interim Public Information Officer, to learn about how it works. Pacific Gas and E...

This month, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors is asking residents to complete an online survey. It asks for input on Nevada County, spanning a wide range of topics, from things like economic opportunity to cannabis to wildfire prevention. KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça spoke with Lisa Renner, the county’s Interim Public Information Officer, to learn more about how it works.

Tomorrow morning, if all goes well, a rocket will launch a spacecraft to the asteroid belt. KVMR’s Al Stahler spoke with one of the scientists involved in that mission.

Last week, September labor market data revealed that payroll job numbers rose by 336,000 jobs – an increase that’s about double what most analysts were expecting to see. After regional headlines, KVMR’s Paul Emery and Gary Zimmerman, a retired Fed economist, discuss what exactly that means for us. There’s bad news brewing in Tulare Lake, and that bad news is avian botulism – it’s deadly to birds,...

Last week, September labor market data revealed that payroll job numbers rose by 336,000 jobs – that's quite a lot, in contrast to the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 170,000. KVMR’s Paul Emery and Gary Zimmerman, a retired fed economist, discuss what exactly that means for us, while also updating us on unemployment rate percentages and wage increases.