This week retired Fed economist Gary Zimmerman talks with Paul Emery about the latest Jobs Report and how it might affect the Fed’s next move. Al Stahler tells us what to watch for as Boeing's Starliner Space Module returns to Earth, and we’ll head to our local library with Kelley Rees to learn about their Library Card Design Contest. We close with an essay by Molly Fisk.

The Ponderosa West Grass Valley Defense Zone Project Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10th at the Banner Grange in Grass Valley. Learn more about the project at ReadyNevadaCounty.org/projects.

6 properties in Nevada City and 2 in Grass Valley were served with search warrants by NCSO's Special Investigation Unit.

The Onyx Downtown, the Nevada City Film Festival, and a group of professional archivists will host a free event on Saturday, September 28th at the historic Nevada Theatre and they want to screen your home movies. You can drop off your Super 8mm, Regular 8mm, 16mm, DVDs, or digital files in advance at The Onyx Theatre in Nevada City during business hours, before Monday, September 23rd. Learn more by emailing Jesse Locks at jesse@nevadacityfilmfestival.com.

The Bear Fire, reported just after 2 p.m. on Monday, has burned 1,391 acres south of the community of Sierra Brooks in Sierra County. The fire is currently is 0% contained.

The utility says low-flying Helicopters equipped with LiDAR sensors and high-resolution cameras will evaluate power lines and adjacent trees in Butte, Nevada, Placer, and Sutter Counties.

After regional news headlines and weather, KVMR’s Paul Emery and hydrogeologist Steve Baker bring us the latest in water news. Cláudio Mendonça, KVMR’s News Director joins Taylor Wolf, Nevada County’s Public Information Officer, to discuss how best to stay safe this holiday weekend.Molly Fisk brings us an essay in her ongoing Observations from a Working Poet series about a chance encounter with wildlife.

We’re on the cusp of a three day weekend and in anticipation of locals and visitors alike descending upon the region’s outdoor recreational opportunities, Cláudio Mendonça, KVMR’s News Director joins Taylor Wolf, Nevada County’s Public Information Officer, to discuss how best to stay safe this holiday weekend.

Online naloxone trainings are scheduled for 12-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. today. Learn more at Know Overdose Nevada County.

The new Women’s Health Center is at 150 Glasson Way in Grass Valley. Learn more online at wsmcmed.org.

The fire at the corner of W. Main and S. Church streets forced the closure of part of downtown Grass Valley and sent 4 people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Both ordinances can be found online at NevadaCountyCA.gov. The deadline for public comment about the cannabis ordinance is Friday, August 30th. The tiny homes on wheels comment period closes on September 5th.

According to Chico’s Enterprise-Record, Ronnie Dean Stout II, the man accused of starting the Park Fire just over a month ago, plead "not guilty” to a charge of “willful and malicious arson” during his arraignment on Thursday in Butte County Superior Court.

After local news and your weekend weather report the KVMR Friday News Magazine jumps into the World of Finance with the Economic Report.  KVMR science correspondent Al Stahler Explores the world of creepy crawlers below our feet in the soil. He speaks to an ecologist studying a way to track and count the invertebrates moving through the earth. Tom Durkin, the creative director of the Sierra Roots/No Place to Go Project brings us a commentary aimed at a new Nevada County tiny homes ordinance. We close with an essay by Nevada City poet Molly Fisk.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s free fishing day is August 31st. The CDFW's fish planting schedule can viewed online.

Nevada County’s newest Local Hazard Mitigation Plan can be viewed online or at the County OES office in the Rood Center. Comments can be submitted by email (OES@nevadacountyca.gov) until August 27th.

Nevada City’s Office of Emergency Services Department will be hosting a hands on Defensible Space and Home Hardening Workshop on Saturday August 31st at 9:00AM at 421 Nimrod St in Nevada City. Learn more about the Home Hardening Micro Grant by visiting Nevada City's website.

The Nevada County Office of Emergency Services needs permission to access properties within the 410 acre hazardous fuel reduction project before any work can begin.

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This week on the KVMR Friday News Magazine Paul Emery speaks with Hydrogeologist Steve Baker to bring you the latest in the world of water news. The two talk about how communities in Northern California worked together to remove a dam from a regional river and how a few cities in Central California successfully held DOW Chemical and Shell Oil accountable for polluting groundwater wells. KVMR Youth News Corps Reporter Graham Gardemeyer covers the annual Lake Tahoe Summit. Nevada City poet Molly Fisk brings us her Observations from a Working Poet focusing on this year’s Olympics.