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Elias Funez

California

Editor at The Union

The Editor for The Union newspaper out of beautiful Grass Valley Calif.

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  • 2 weeks ago | theunion.com | Elias Funez

    Capital Improvement Programs (CIP) to the tune of $67.5 million over the next five years, are set to come before the Grass Valley City Council during Tuesday’s regularly scheduled meeting. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. “If no major revisions are requested staff requests that council adopt the five year Capital Improvement Program covering fiscal years 2025/26 through 2029/30,” the agenda says.

  • 1 month ago | theunion.com | Elias Funez

    It was a sad Monday morning at the Condon Park Skatepark in Grass Valley. Demolition of the park to make way for a new Grindline Skateparks Inc. skatepark was slated to begin but a group of diehard Condon Skatepark users were already at the skatepark, some since 5 a.m., to get in their last skating as a way to protest the demolition of the park.

  • 1 month ago | theunion.com | Elias Funez

    The rejection of recommendations to provide for a homeless camping area in Nevada County has prompted the most recent Nevada County Civil Grand Jury report released this week, “A long and winding road for the homeless of Nevada County.” The report follows increases in local homeless populations, increasing wildfire risk, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Grants Pass decision which effectively allows cities to criminalize homelessness by enforcing camping bans even in the absence of available...

  • 1 month ago | theunion.com | Elias Funez

    A 140-year-old Salt Box style barn facing the terminus of Pleasant Street in downtown Grass Valley has been given the go-ahead for demolition by the Grass Valley Historical Commission at their meeting this week. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.

  • 1 month ago | theunion.com | Elias Funez

    A single propeller airplane identified as a Cesna 177RG crashed off of Whispering Pines Lane in Grass Valley Thursday morning taking the life of Robert Lund of Newcastle, Ca., the plane's single occupant. Lund had taken off just after 8 a.m. from the Auburn Airport and was en route to the Nevada County Airport and approached the runway as any other aircraft would, officials reported.

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Elias Funez
Elias Funez @Elias_Funez
9 Jun 25

Grass Valley Air tanker 89 back at base. Both 88 and 89 are on base for the first time this season following a prolonged winter maintenance due to priority on the new C-130s back at McClellan base in Sac. #theunionnow #fireseason2025 @TheUnion https://t.co/SH8kNHg4kW

Elias Funez
Elias Funez @Elias_Funez
9 Jun 25

Sounds like a lightning strike fire south of Duncan Peak in Placer Co. Aircraft reporting potential for a few acres. #FlatFire #theunionnow #fireseason2025 @TheUnion https://t.co/acH9kUyMoU

Elias Funez
Elias Funez @Elias_Funez
3 Jun 25

Grass Valley Air Attack 230 and air tanker 100 getting over this incident up near Emigrant Gap. #theunionnow #fireseason2025 @TheUnion https://t.co/Na63KyV487