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A majority protest to stop the rate increases required 638 protest letters with respect to water service and 757 protest letters with respect to sewer service. 375 letters were received in total, representing about 14% of eligible parcels. The increase is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2027.

Shutoffs will begin at 8:00 p.m. this evening for most affected counties with restorations scheduled for noon on Saturday, October 17th. Check to see if your home or business will be affected by going online to pge.com/pspsupdates . You'll find a list of Community Resource Centers where you can charge devices, access public wifi, and procure other supplies at pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/ways-we-can-h...

Pacific Gas & Electric says they're monitoring an offshore wind event that could bring elevated fire danger to 22 California counties. The potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event is anticipated to begin late Wednesday, October 14th and continue through Saturday, October 17th. Find out if your home will be affected by going online to pge.com/pspsupdates .

Hundreds of area Career Technical Education students visited the Nevada County Fairgrounds on Wednesday to network and to experience hands-on what work is like in various trades including carpentry, well digging, dry wall, and heavy equipment operation.

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors worked through their regular meeting agenda in Truckee on Tuesday. Highlights included how local wildlife was considered during the replacement of the Truckee River Bridge and the ongoing discussion surrounding a possible cannabis dispensary in Soda Springs.

Indivisible Nevada County and the Nevada County Democrats organized a Ballot Breakdown on Monday, October 5th at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center. The event's intent was to "help Nevada County voters get informed, meet local candidates, and prepare to cast their ballots." Several races were represented and candidates were given the opportunity to address the crowd from a stage before a meet-and-...

KVMR News recently learned that Gemini, Google’s Artificial Intelligence agent, the one responsible for the the AI overview at the top of each Google search page, was telling everyone who searched the name of a local businesswoman that she was recently arrested on drug charges. It's completely false. While there's no way to know for sure why the AI was doing this, it may be because it merged two s...

Today's news serves as a correction to a story hallucinated by Google's Gemini. KVMR News recently found out that the AI has been citing our reporting to back up its claim that a Grass Valley businesswoman was recently arrested on drug charges. She joined Cláudio Mendonça and tech educator Melissa Hannebrink in the KVMR studios to figure out what happened. Listen to the entire conversation here .

Nevada County's Ballot Processing Center in their Loma Rica Warehouse near the Nevada County Airport will function as an in-person voting center from October 5th until October 23rd. You'll find a list of voting locations and hours on Nevada County's Elections webpage . Learn how to track your ballot at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov . Voters and community members are invited to tour the Ballot Processi...

In 1987 the American Library Association designated September National Library Card Sign-Up month. Listen along to hear from Nevada County public library staff about what that little plastic rectangle gets you (hint: it’s more than just free books!).

On Saturday, volunteer fixers and people who needed things fixed met at the Banner Grange in Grass Valley for September's Repair Café . The free community event connected the two groups with the intention of reducing waste, saving money, and building community.  KVMR News was there and spoke to the event organizer as well as some of the people who showed up to share their skills.

KVMR News correspondent April Glaser sits down with award-winning investigative reporter Char Adams to discuss her new book, Black Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore. They're joined by Cassandra Jennings , the CEO of St. HOPE , a family of nonprofits in the historically Black neighborhood of Oak Park in Sacramento, which includes Underground Books, the only Black owned bookstore...

When complete, Flow , a public art mosaic by Miriam Morris, will stretch along South Pine Street from its intersection with Clark all the way to the Pine Street Bridge in Nevada City.

One of Gammelgard's first tasks in his new role will be to hire his replacement. He says he will consult with the city council while searching for the right candidate, as mandated by municipal code.

On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors of Nevada County approved four separate ordinances to eliminate overnight parking along four roads known to be used by Nevada County's houseless community: Combie Road, East Bennett Road, Old State Highway 49, and Van Norden Lake Road. 

Finished ahead of schedule, the newly opened two lane Dog Bar bridge now sweeps gently from one side of Bear River to the other and includes a sidewalk. The 10 million dollar project was built using money from the federal Highway Bridge Program and was selected as 2026's Project of the Year in the Transportation Category by the Sacramento Chapter of the American Public Works Association.

The Nevada City Zero Waste Summit took place in the historic Alpha building on Saturday, September 12th and featured music, clothing and plant swaps, and a repair cafe. Key note speakers included Shawn Donnille, president and owner of Mountain Rose Herb, as well as bestselling author Bea Johnson.

The GVPD says a third-party contractor installed 2 cameras in Grass Valley after the agency ended its contract with Flock Safety. One was installed on East Main Street in the Brunswick area, the other in the area of High Street on West Main Street. Both of those have been taken down. The picture used for this episode is of a Flock camera in the public parking lot at 309 Mill St in Grass Valley. Th...

The Nevada County Republican Party passed a resolution (NCRP Resolution No. 2026-0801) calling for Bullock to resign over comments he made about a settlement agreement the county reached with the Fair Political Practices Commission regarding two postcards that were mailed to local residents about 2022's Measure V .

KVMR News checks in with SYRCL’s River Ambassadors on the unofficial last day of summer in 2026.

Last month (August 2026) the U.S. Supreme Court denied President Donald Trump’s appeal to throw out a jury's initial $5 million dollar ruling in favor of writer and journalist E. Jean Carroll. The defamation case (one of two) stems from Trump's denial and subsequent degrading remarks about Carroll after she published her 2019 memoir What Do We Need Men For? .  The book was the first time Carroll p...

A California appeals court has appointed a referee to investigate the office, helmed by District Attorney Jesse Wilson. The findings may signal whether or not Wilson will face sanctions for his office’s misuse of generative artificial intelligence which led to court documents containing false citations and other errors being filed in four separate cases. Madison Maxwell, a former Nevada County dep...

Dolly Parton is known not just for her indelible music career but also for her literacy advocacy. In 1995 she created the Imagination Library - a program that sends a free book to children every month from birth until their fifth birthday. However, up until recently Nevada County families weren’t able to participate.  In the wake of Dolly Parton's passing, Nevada City Rotary Club President Andrea...

Nevada County Registrar of Voters Armando Salud-Ambriz says his office is closely following the recent developments involving mail-in voting. He says that as of now he expects the November 3 General Election to move forward in much the same way as the June Primary. Ballots are scheduled to be mailed to registered voters beginning Oct. 5. If you have any questions you can call 530-265-1298 or email...

Nevada County is preparing a plan that will guide housing decisions in unincorporated county for the next eight years and wants residents to share their thoughts. Learn more about the Housing Element at  nevadacountyca.gov/housingelementupdate .