Alta Sierra News

Alta Sierra and Pleasant Ridge Elementary Schools have been awarded a spot on the California Business for Education Excellence Honor Roll.

Chuck Patterson has been setting up lights for 30 years in his yard at 11196 Squirrel Creek Road, Grass Valley.

A recent surge in mail theft reached a peak Tuesday, when seven residents in south county reported their mail had been taken or opened.

EDITOR'S NOTE: For your viewing pleasure, below is a list of spectacular Christmas light displays.

Sunday's snowstorm and subsequent hard freeze Monday and Tuesday nights took their toll on western Nevada County, with burst pipes, multiple vehicle accidents and inconveniences both minor and major.

A head-on collision killed one driver and blocked traffic at Highway 49 and Alta Sierra Drive for several hours Wednesday.

After a 16-year run, local artist and holiday show promoter, Linda Schafer, will retire following her Friday and Saturday Artists Boutique in Alta Sierra.

On Tuesday, Nov. 17th at 7:00, there will be a public hearing about converting Pleasant Ridge into a Charter School.

Stan Smith, right, helped found Gold Country Roofing. Now, the business is located on South Auburn Street in Grass Valley and is employee-owned. Co-owners are Carlos Zanudo, Jose Zanudo, Carlos Aguilera and Federico Garcia.

A buffalo cow and her calf who were on the lam for 10 days in southern Nevada County seem unaware they've become media sensations.

An Alta Sierra resident was fooled last week into trying to wire nearly $3,000 to Canada to help out his "grandson" - but was stopped at the last minute by an alert employee at Walmart.

Three men pretending to be narcotics officers talked their way into an Alta Sierra home and made off with a large amount of marijuana.

Tootsie Roll drive Each year, the Knights of Columbus Council No. 1875 hold a fundraising drive to support educational and recreational activities for people with intellectual disabilities in our area.

Strong winds and rain pounded Nevada County Tuesday, with more expected today - but the strength of the storm should subside by tonight as it passes through.

I lost a cat once. I was living up in Tahoe when it disappeared into thin air. I put up some posters in the neighborhood, right next to the ones warning us that there were coyotes roaming the "hood." I assumed the cat ran into the coyotes and that it ended badly.

Barry Pruett is considering a run for Nevada County clerk-recorder. With eight months to go before the June primary election, a race may already be shaping up for Nevada County clerk-recorder, a post currently held by Gregory Diaz.

Nevada County isn't normally known as a home where the buffalo roam. But two were still on the lam Monday after first being sighted Saturday morning by bemused residents of Alta Sierra Ranches.

Friends of colon cancer patient Wendi Lehman from Nevada Union High School's Class of 1986 are holding a fundraiser for her from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Fewer students in western Nevada County and drastic cuts in state money to educate them mean local school districts are being squeezed as never before.

The Nevada County Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force raided another allegedly illegal marijuana farm, discovering 4,000 plants on the 17000 block of Starduster Drive off of Bitney Springs Road in Nevada City.