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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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Articles

  • 2 weeks 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.

  • 3 weeks 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...

  • 3 weeks 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.

  • 1 month ago | theunion.com | Elias Funez

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Elias Funez @Elias_Funez
9 May 25

Was sad to witness this couple discover that their favorite smoothie spot, Jamba Juice, is now closed in Grass Valley's Raleys shopping center after being a staple for decades. #JambaJuice #JambaJuiceClosure #theunionnow @TheUnion https://t.co/SaMYc535Q7

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Elias Funez @Elias_Funez
7 May 25

FFs responding to the 24,000 block of Highway 49 in south Nevada County, for reports of a metal shed on fire, tires and rubbish burning, with threat to nearby vegetation, x of Gautier Drive. #theunionnow #fireseason2025 @TheUnion https://t.co/4ZO21mGCBz

Elias Funez
Elias Funez @Elias_Funez
6 May 25

#MathewFire timeline burning off of Mathew Road down near Camp Far West. Last update was 2 acres and burning at a moderate rate of spread moving with the wind. #vegetationfire #CaWx #theunionnow #fireseason2025 https://t.co/y9ST7SYASZ