Nevada City News

Nostalgic dinner, dance, warbirds, aerial demonstrations and more return to the Nevada County Airport! Special to The Union What: Nevada County AirFest 2009 When: 1940s themed hangar party, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday; AirFest, 8 a.m. Saturday Where: Both party and AirFest will take place at the Nevada County Airport, 13083 John Bauer Ave., ...

At the Golden State Patient Care Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in Colfax, different varieties of plants are taken from jars to be weighed.

What: Summer Nights When: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, July 15, 22, and 29 Where: Downtown Nevada City Tickets: Free Info: Call 265-2692 or 655-NJOY; online at www.nevadacitychamber.com. It's time again for Summer Nights, an outdoor festival of art and music in Nevada City.

Members of the Nevada City Council are expected to codify terms on how to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city at their meeting at 7 p.m. today.

The stalemate had no immediate effect on the state's solvency, aside from a lower credit rating that adds to its borrowing costs.

Negotiations aimed at closing California's $26.3 billion deficit remained frozen Tuesday, a day after a top Democratic lawmaker walked away from the talks.

Mike Tatum spent the waning hours of a Monday workday strumming a six-string on a concrete platform at Nevada City's Calanan Park.

Kika Kane always had an affinity for children, but it wasn't until her late 50s that she became a nanny.

Nevada City's City Council extended a moratorium Tuesday night on the opening of any medical marijuana dispensaries, but not before upbraiding city staff for a lack of information with which to make their decision.

I'M NOT WEALTHY, by any means. But a trip with three girlfriends recently to retrieve the family jewels proved to be a rich experience.

Trucks were detoured onto highways 20 and 49 because of a big rig fire that closed Interstate 80 for most of Thursday.

Buck Love & The Humperheads will rock the Nevada County Fourth of July celebration.

The Nevada City Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss several sign applications by new businesses.

Incoming heat is expected to cause ozone levels to rise into the unhealthy for sensitive groups level this weekend, according to the Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District Web site.

A Nevada City man has pleaded no contest in two separate drug-related cases and will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Aug.

Sewage experts urged Nevada County officials to tap into a regional wastewater plant Friday as the long-term solution to ongoing problems of upgrades at small, local plants to meet changing federal and state regulations.

There was no chance for Nevada City artist Claus Sievert to avoid the Highway 49 head-on collision that killed him March 12, according to a California Highway Patrol officer.

While the California Legislature drags its heels in putting together a passable budget to shore up a $24.3 million deficit, Nevada County residents are outraged over the now-yearly impasse between Republicans and Democrats.

Former Nevada City fire chief Donald Wasley was honored at Wednesday's night City Council meeting.

A chiropractor charged with setting fire to her Truckee office and home entered a not-guilty plea Monday to two felony counts of arson.