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A truck going into a window at a vacant store in the Fowler Center, Nevada City Highway, Tuesday afternoon. Grass Valley, Nevada City, Nevada County Consolidated, Sierra Nevada Ambulance, and Grass Valley Police responded to the accident.

Elderly driver unhurt after driving through store window

An 83-year-old man was unhurt after he accidentally drive his Ford truck through a plate-glass window Tuesday afternoon. The man, who was not identified, told officers his foot slipped off the brake pedal at about 12:30 p.m., said Grass Valley Polic …

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Dan Frederick struggles to cope with serious injuries he sustained in a fall at Lover's Leap. Meanwhile, Matt Nerdahl attempts to rig the rope systems that will be used to haul both men to safety. Helicopters at the top of the cliff carried Frederick to Sutter-Roseville Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery on his damaged elbow.

Nevada County climber survives 60-foot drop from Tahoe cliff

Daniel Frederick nursed his severely broken elbow and his fractured left foot while his friend, Michael Davis, attempted to calm him as the two hung suspended about 500 feet above the ground at the famed Lover’s Leap cliff. The lifelong friends and …

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Grass Valley Police chased this van through Grass Valley, Monday evening, and the car end up hitting the tree, and up the embankment at Gilmore School, West Main Street.

Police chase ends with stolen car crashed, 2 arrested

Two men were in custody late Monday night, while another remained on the loose after the driver crashed a stolen vehicle into a tree, ending a pursuit through downtown Grass Valley. The California Highway Patrol issued a be-on-the-lookout alert for t …

The 2012 Nevada Union football team charges onto the field before a matchup with Woodcreek.
Nevada Union principal Mike Blake along with a committee of six others have recommended Dennis Houlihan for the vacant varsity football head coaching job. Houlihan led the junior varsity team last season and played for NU until graduating in 1989. The school board will vote on the recommendation at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning.

NU recommends coach despite ‘lapse in judgment’

A Nevada Union committee headed by Principal Mike Blake has recommended Dennis Houlihan for its varsity football head coaching job, and the school board will vote on that recommendation at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. As a coach, Houlihan brings experie …

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Vietnam veteran Frank Maricich, forefront and Tom Swartfager participate in a Penn Valley yoga class at Dragonfly Yoga Studio. Taught by Akhila Murphy, the class is specifically geared for veterans and active military.

Warriors at peace

For years, Doug MacDuff dreaded nighttime. Despite his attempts to relax, once the sun went down, he found himself constantly on alert, adrenalin pumping, eyes searching the darkness. Although MacDuff lives in a peaceful neighborhood in Nevada City, …

Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home near 156th street and Franklin Road destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney)

Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction

MOORE, Okla. — Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area. Video showed homes and buildings in Moore, Okla., were reduced to rubble, and vehicles littered roadways south and s …

Two-car accident Saturday off White Cloud injured five

An accident involving two cars and five injuries took place Saturday afternoon near White Cloud Campground in Nevada City. At about 1:30 p.m. on Highway 20 east of White Cloud, Sarah Tarr, 28, from Salt Lake City allowed her Subaru Forester to cross …

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This bear — named "Cloud" by locals — was killed overnight after it was deemed dangerous by wildife officials.

Bear killed after entering home of 92-year-old Tahoe woman

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Wildlife wardens killed a 3-year-old male black bear overnight at Lake Tahoe after it entered the home of a 92-year-old woman who left her garage door open, an official confirmed Friday. Shortly before midnight Thursday, deput …