7pm update with Nevada County Office of Emergency Services Program Manager Paul Cummings on the latest status of the Highway Fire burning near Hwy 20 and Washington Street in Nevada County. Latest Updates and Resources Available Here.

6pm update with Nevada County Office of Emergency Services Program Manager Paul Cummings on the latest status of the Highway Fire burning near Hwy 20 and Washington Street in Nevada County. Latest Updates and Resources Available Here.

In this live edition of the KVMR Evening News, News Director Cláudio Mendonça speaks with Paul Cummings, Office of Emergency Services Program Manager, about live, incoming updates pertaining to the Highway Fire. Zone statuses, evacuation orders, road closures, and resources are all of particular interest. Then, after a look at regional news and weather, KVMR’s Julia Ggem gives us the run-down on the history of BriarPatch, Nevada County’s natural foods co-op, and highlights its new location in Auburn.

5pm update with Nevada County Office of Emergency Services Program Manager Paul Cummings on the latest status of the Highway Fire burning near Hwy 20 and Washington Street in Nevada County. 5pm Update includes a listing of the streets/roads within each zone under an evacuation order. Latest Updates and Resources Available Here.

In the 1970s, the natural foods movement took American consumers by storm. That resulted in a number of things — carob cookies and Santa Cruz Organics — but it also became a catalyst for cooperative grocery stores. Here in Nevada County, we can see that history reflected in BriarPatch, which recently opened a second location in Auburn. Over the weekend, KVMR’s Julia Ggem visited the new co-op base to learn more about how it might function in Placer County.

KVMR News Director Cláudio Mendonça speaks with Nevada County Office of Emergency Services Program Manager Paul Cummings on the current status of the Highway Fire burning near Hwy 20 and Washington Street in Nevada County.

According to recently released Fed data, the labor market added 187,000 jobs last month, a strong indication that things are on the right track. In the latest edition of KVMR's Econ Report, retired Federal Reserve senior economist Gary Zimmerman and Paul Emery explore what the latest data means for the future of the American Economy.

The California Report talks with Brian Ferguson, a CAL OES director to learn how our state is helping rescue workers in Lahaina before taking us to a vigil in Sonoma County where community members are calling on the DA to bring charges against a sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a local farmworker last year.