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A majority protest to stop the rate increases required 638 protest letters with respect to water service and 757 protest letters with respect to sewer service. 375 letters were received in total, representing about 14% of eligible parcels. The increase is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2027.

Shutoffs will begin at 8:00 p.m. this evening for most affected counties with restorations scheduled for noon on Saturday, October 17th. Check to see if your home or business will be affected by going online to pge.com/pspsupdates. You'll find a list of Community Resource Centers where you can charge devices, access public wifi, and procure other supplies at pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/ways-we-can-help.

If you need help preparing for the power outage, call 211 or text PSPS to 211 from your cell phone.

Pacific Gas & Electric says they're monitoring an offshore wind event that could bring elevated fire danger to 22 California counties. The potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event is anticipated to begin late Wednesday, October 14th and continue through Saturday, October 17th.
Find out if your home will be affected by going online to pge.com/pspsupdates.

Hundreds of area Career Technical Education students visited the Nevada County Fairgrounds on Wednesday to network and to experience hands-on what work is like in various trades including carpentry, well digging, dry wall, and heavy equipment operation.

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors worked through their regular meeting agenda in Truckee on Tuesday. Highlights included how local wildlife was considered during the replacement of the Truckee River Bridge and the ongoing discussion surrounding a possible cannabis dispensary in Soda Springs.

Indivisible Nevada County and the Nevada County Democrats organized a Ballot Breakdown on Monday, October 5th at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center. The event's intent was to "help Nevada County voters get informed, meet local candidates, and prepare to cast their ballots." Several races were represented and candidates were given the opportunity to address the crowd from a stage before a meet-and-greet gathering in the venue's Stone Hall.

Today's news serves as a correction to a story hallucinated by Google's Gemini. KVMR News recently found out that the AI has been citing our reporting to back up its claim that a Grass Valley businesswoman was recently arrested on drug charges. She joined Cláudio Mendonça and tech educator Melissa Hannebrink in the KVMR studios to figure out what happened. Listen to the entire conversation here.

KVMR News recently learned that Gemini, Google’s Artificial Intelligence agent, the one responsible for the the AI overview at the top of each Google search page, was telling everyone who searched the name of a local businesswoman that she was recently arrested on drug charges. It's completely false. While there's no way to know for sure why the AI was doing this, it may be because it merged two stories we covered on the same day.

Listen to the business owner (whose name we are intentionally leaving out of print) explain how she found out, what a local tech expert thinks may have happened, and what we all may need to start doing to protect our online reputations.

Learn about California's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) and other ways to protect your privacy online at Privacy.ca.gov.

Nevada County's Ballot Processing Center in their Loma Rica Warehouse near the Nevada County Airport will function as an in-person voting center from October 5th until October 23rd. You'll find a list of voting locations and hours on Nevada County's Elections webpage. Learn how to track your ballot at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov.

Voters and community members are invited to tour the Ballot Processing Center (12740 Loma Rica Drive, Grass Valley) during the upcoming open house on October 20th from 4 to 7 PM. 

In 1987 the American Library Association designated September National Library Card Sign-Up month. Listen along to hear from Nevada County public library staff about what that little plastic rectangle gets you (hint: it’s more than just free books!).