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The restaurant tents are coming down, the downtown mask mandate coming off, and lower Commercial Street will stay closed until Sept. 6 to allow outdoor dining to continue in Nevada City.

It’s just now we have a report stating that. The after-action report, months in the making, is clear. No police officer broke a rule or law during a rally that became violent. However, the police “were insufficiently trained and equipped to handle the protest.” Additionally, it appears Nevada City hasn’t been consistent in requiring permits — which are required — for rallies like this. You can watch the videos from that day, which appeared online shortly after the Black Lives Matter rally. Even the highly edited video the report refers to is pretty clear in many aspects. BLM suppo...

Nevada City needs to decide what it’s going to do about outdoor dining, its interm manager said. Since June 1, 2020, the city has allowed 19 restaurants to have dining on sidewalks. Thirteen of them remain operating outdoors, though seven aren’t in compliance and city staff will speak with them, interim City Manager Joan Phillipe said. Concerns about restaurants operating outdoors have persisted, especially when considering they take up parking spaces. And with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 15 state reopening date approaching, which is expected to drop the color coded tier system and likely ...

By William Roller | Staff Writer Nevada City officials say they intend to examine a recently released after-action report about the violent Aug. 9 protest, saying updated police training and funding are on the table. A counter-protest to the Aug. 9 Black Lives Matter rally led to violence and charges against three men, one of whom has pleaded guilty. An after-action report states that no officer violated a rule or law at the event, but that instead they “were insufficiently trained and equipped to handle the protest.” Councilman Gary Petersen said top city officials will now assess the re...