Liz Kellar
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Grass Valley, CA, United States
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Pushed to the limits: Public safety agencies, courts face challenges during the time of COVID
It's been nearly a year since Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed a statewide shelter-in-place order as a response to the growing toll from the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic. Weeks of uncertainty followed as municipalities grappled with testing, ever-shifting health mandates and finally with vaccine protocols. A year later, many remain unsure there will ever be a return to “normal” as we once knew it. → Read More
Nevada County judge declares hung jury in murder case
A jury was unable Monday to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Dennis Daly, the 73-year-old Vietnam veteran accused of brutally beating his wife in 2019. → Read More
Low snow snarls roads
Wednesday's snow flurries caused wrecks on roads around the county, but with no serious injuries reported as of late that afternoon. → Read More
Murder charge upheld in Nevada County stabbing death case
A Nevada County judge on Wednesday found enough evidence to hold Michael Stine on a murder charge in the stabbing death of Shelby Comeaux II last fall. → Read More
Witness details stabbing in murder case during Nevada County hearing
The relationship between longtime friends Michael Raymond Stine and Shelby Comeaux II had grown strained in the months before an ongoing argument ended in the fatal stabbing of Comeaux on Oct. 8. → Read More
Nevada County jury finds man guilty on all counts after sex assault trial
A Nevada County jury didn't buy a defense argument that a 62-year-old man believed a BDSM contract meant he had his victim's consent, finding him guilty Tuesday on all counts. → Read More
Nevada County judge declares hung jury in murder case
A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Dennis Daly, the 73-year-old Vietnam veteran charged with brutally beating his wife in 2019. → Read More
Traveling nurse arrested 3 times in 2 days in Grass Valley, Nevada City
A Pennsylvania man working as a contracted nurse for the local hospital racked up multiple calls for service in Grass Valley and Nevada City this week, including three arrests — one of them for robbery — that eventually netted him a $250,000 bond Wednesday, officials said.Nicholas Alexander Firestone, 34, remained in custody Thursday afternoon, jail… → Read More
Cause of death still undetermined for man found in parking lot
Grass Valley police have not yet been able to determine the cause of death for a man found unresponsive behind a local business Saturday morning. → Read More
Suspect, juvenile taken to burn center after honey oil lab explosion in apartment
A man suspected of operating a butane honey oil lab is facing multiple felony charges after an explosion lifted the roof off his Grass Valley apartment Monday night. → Read More
Nevada County firefighters respond to two fires Monday
Two fires kept Nevada County firefighters busy early Monday afternoon, although both were extinguished quickly. → Read More
Grass Valley police investigating suspicious death
Grass Valley police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found unresponsive behind a local business Saturday morning. → Read More
Trial begins for 73-year-old suspect in wife’s murder
Did the 73-year-old Vietnam veteran brutally beat his wife “in a drunken rage,” killing her, as prosecutor Cambria Lisonbee told the jury? → Read More
Suspect in luring of minor case granted pre-trial release
Three days after a Nevada County judge OK'd a $350,000 bail enhancement for a Grass Valley man arrested on charges of trying to lure a girl younger than 16 into meeting him for sex, the defendant was granted a pre-trial release with zero bail by the same magistrate.Tyler Michael Clanton, 23, had been taken into… → Read More
Strawberry Music Festival organizers cancel 2021 festivals
Last year, the pandemic shutdown hit just as the music festival season was getting underway. By the end of April, more than 55 events in Nevada County had been canceled or postponed, including the Strawberry… → Read More
Grass Valley suspect arrested in minor luring case
A man who thought he was meeting a young girl for sex in the parking lot of a Grass Valley business Saturday night was greeted instead by detectives and ended up in jail, authorities said. → Read More
Nevada City police searching for armed robber
Nevada City police say they’re searching for a man suspected of robbing a couple at gunpoint Saturday afternoon. → Read More
Community calls for ’Justice for Sage’
A crowd of about 50 people gathered Friday afternoon outside the office of the Nevada County district attorney to push for more accountability in the death of Ariella “Sage” Crawford. → Read More
Response questioned in fatal shooting of woman in Alta Sierra
In the wake of the Feb. 4 fatal shooting of Ariella “Sage” Crawford in front of her children by a Nevada County sheriff's deputy, Crawford's family pushed for the release of dash-cam footage that might provide some clarity as to what transpired.Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon released that footage Wednesday, as part of a longer… → Read More
Grass Valley warrant search uncovers butane honey oil lab
Grass Valley police detectives serving a search warrant for heroin and methamphetamine sales now have expanded their investigation after discovering a cannabis “honey oil” lab and stolen property at the residence, authorities said. → Read More