Nevada City News

The building that housed the former Backroom Steakhouse, an iconic hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Peardale along Colfax Highway, burned to the ground early Tuesday morning.

A plan to spruce up the northern entrance to the Civic Center campus while providing traffic, pedestrian, bike and other improvements got the green light from the Board of Supervisors amid a call for design and environmental details.

Steve Switzer, co-owner of the Gold Run Laundromat in Grass Valley, shows off a new mural of a Chinese laundry looking out on Broad St. in Nevada City.

An unidentified 38-year-old Napa man was driving a van that collided with a Nevada City man walking in front of the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, killing the pedestrian, police said.

The Gold country Celtic Society is one of many local groups that help by ringing that bell.

Randall Frizzell, the namesake for one of the species, climbs a tree to service traps in the Sierra Nevada in California.

Christmas at the Railroad Museum will take place Saturday. Rosie, 6, and mother Sarah Berg of Nevada City pose for a picture with Narrow Gauge Engine #5 and the Christmas tree at last year's event.

The 22nd Annual Nevada County Food and Toy run will bring hundreds of motorcycle riders to Nevada City tomorrow morning bearing food and toys for local children and families.Toy Run founder Thom Staser says the motorcycles will leave the Rood Center at Noon .

Law enforcement officials investigate the death of a pedestrian who was allegedly struck and killed by the vehicle in the foreground at the farmers market on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 near the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, Calif.

A new Nevada City Police Officer was sworn in yesterday, though he is already well known to many in the community.

With the recent snowfall and cold weather, a potential water shortage may be the furthest thing from your mind, but it will be a key topic at tonight's Nevada City City Council Meeting City Manager Dave Brennan says the team would be made up of city officials such as himself and the Public Works Director, and also a Drought Technical Advisory ... (more)

Two people were injured in an accident on Colfax Avenue in Grass Valley Wednesday afternoon.

It's that time of year again when giving and thinking about others is on the mind.

The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce presents the prestigious Kilroy award, established in 1969, annually to a citizen whose efforts help make Nevada City a better community.

Tonight figures to be the last night for awhile that the Veterans Building in Nevada City will be open as a warming shelter for the homeless.

When most people think of graffiti, visions of gang signs, spray paint, and bad language, sprawled across buildings and signs in the community come to mind.

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Gregory J. Diaz, incumbent Clerk-Recorder of Nevada County, announced Monday that he will seek reelection for a second full term next June.

The snow didn't stop this person from taking a walk Saturday morning on Zion and Sacramento streets in Nevada City.

Bob Keyser, 56, better know as Farmer Bob, owner of Farmer Bob's produce stand in Grass Valley, died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday afternoon.