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Housing, immigrant services, homelessness prevention face cuts in California budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the proposed 2024-2025 California budget details on June 29, detailing the state's planned belt-tightening over the next two fiscal years. The new budget "avoids deep program cuts" and maintains $22.2 billion in reserves at the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year thanks to delays and deferrals that will ultimately impact low-income households and Californians of color, according to the governor's website. ...
Food Truck Friday, the quintessential summer outing in Reno, Perseveres Despite Inflation Challenges
It’s been an up and down cycle for food truck vendors who saw huge popularity growth in recent years, but then inflationary pressures on them and their customers have created difficulties this summer. Reporters Aimee Arellano-Adame, Camille Flye, Derek Raridon and Tony Yun look at the local cycle of...
EDAWN hosts Startup World Cup Regional Qualifying event on September 18
Doug Erwin, Senior Vice President Entrepreneurial Development, joined Fox 11's Chris Murphy to talk about the Startup World Cup Regional Qualifying Event on September 18. You can find more information here.
End of the Trail: Roebbelen Center in Roseville hosts three-day girls basketball tournament
Summer Finale Showcase Tournament this Friday through Sunday. Roseville, Calif. – Some of the best girls’ basketball players and many of the successful club teams on the West Coast will compete in the End of the Trail (EOT) Summer Finale Showcase tournament Friday, July 19, through Sunday, July 21, at the Roebbelen Center in Roseville, bringing about 3,000 people and more than $1 million to Placer Valley.
Car Shows Provide Economic Shot-in-the Arm and a Lot More
Attending a week-end car show is much more than observing a beautiful paint job on a classic hot rod or antique vehicle. Across coastal Northern California and Oregon, as many as 300 vehicles strut their stuff on any given summertime week-end. Most of the Benefit Shows in our geography are celebrating 30 years or more anniversaries. Area car Shows provide a venue for like-minded folks to gather and admire beautiful...
20 years of skating for a cause
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – As summer heats up so does the anticipation for one of Lake Tahoe’s most beloved charitable events, Boarding For Breast Cancer’s (B4BC) 20th Annual Skate the Lake this weekend. This milestone event combines outdoor recreation with community spirit and a powerful mission to...
Library loop – Impact of summer crowds on libraries: A haven for learning and community engagement
Summer is a time of relaxation and recreation for many, but for libraries, it marks a period of bustling activity and vibrant community engagement. With schools out of session and families seeking enriching activities, libraries become essential hubs of learning and connection. Increased Foot Traffic and Programming:. Summer sees a...
Proposed sawmill and wood processing facility near Truckee sparks community response
TRUCKEE, Calif. – A proposed industrial development, including a sawmill and wood processing facility, has elicited concern among local residents. Friends of Prosser Truckee, a group of community members, has formed to address the project, which is set to be located approximately 3.5 miles from the northernmost roundabout heading out of town on Highway 89 North. Technically, Klondike Flat Road is beyond the Town of Truckee boundary line and is in unincorporated Nevada County.
Entertainment in Tahoe: Equestrian Saturday Night BBQ; Skate the Lake; Reforestation Volunteer Day at Boreal
Easy Wind has built a reputation of creating shows that pull deeply from the vibe and feel of classic ’70’s era Grateful Dead, a period when The Dead were firing on all cylinders of youth, exuberance, and creativity. Coming from a virtual lifetime of studying and performing their catalog, Easy Wind cooks up setlists that would fit right in with the epic runs of Europe ’72, Spring ’77, or any other magical runs of that era. Easy Wind has the unique ability to embody the style, the jams, and the riffs that were the trademark of Garcia, Weir, and the rest of the band in their heyday.
Northern Nevada Bocce Ball Regional to be Hosted by Nevada Special Olympics
The 2024 Northern Nevada Bocce Ball Regional will be held at Bundox Bocce on Saturday, July 27. The community is invited to attend the free event being hosted by Special Olympics Nevada. Athletes from six northern Nevada counties will compete in the contest. The Regional is being held inside the...
Northern Nevada seniors concerned about democracy, environment, and cost of living
KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck (front left) meets with senior advocates (clockwise) Mac Rossi, Kyle Waxman, Marsy Kupfersmith, Larry Weiss, Donna Clontz, Jane Gruner, Andrea Pelto at the Sierra View Library in Reno, Nevada on July 8, 2024. Voters over the age of 65 make up the largest voting bloc in...
Ranking the Mountain West football schedules from hardest to easiest in 2024
I visited Jeff Choate's office this week for a sit-down interview with the Nevada football team's first-year head coach. He's lived an interesting life I'll document with a long-form feature story before his Wolf Pack debut Aug. 24 against SMU. But one thing I noted during our conversation was Choate mentioning Nevada having the Mountain West's hardest 2024 schedule. He cited the rankings of college football guru Phil Steele.
Pedestrian reportedly hit by car in North Auburn
NORTH AUBURN, Calif. — A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Friday morning on Grass Valley Highway and Dry Creek Road in North Auburn, California Highway Patrol logs show. CHP was dispatched to the crash site around 5:06 a.m. It was unclear what caused the crash but a possible...
Family members of fallen Roseville Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee speak in support of Donald Trump at RNC
Two family members of a 23-year-old Roseville Marine who was killed in an attack on the Kabul airport during the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan spoke in support of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. Sgt. Nicole Gee, who was a graduate of Oakmont High School,...
Rocklin City Council adds appointees to its boards, commission and committees
At the end of June, the Rocklin City Council officially appointed new members to its various boards, commissions and committees. On May 29, the city council conducted interviews with qualified applicants to fill vacancies on the city’s Board of Appeals, Community Recognition Commission and Parks & Recreation Commission. The city council also reviewed requests for reappointment of scheduled vacancies on the Board of Appeals, Community Recognition Commission, Investment Advisory Committee, Parks and Recreation Commission and the Planning Commission.
The intricacies of rental assistance and why it sometimes backfires
A Bakersfield woman was allegedly refused an apartment after she said that her rental payment would come from housing assistance. Now the state’s Civil Rights Department is taking the matter to court.
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