With most of Western Nevada County without power during PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff, local businesses, organizations and neighborhoods rallied to support each other with extra compassion during the power outage. Local grocery stores donated food they couldn't keep, and both the local media and residents helped to share businesses providing ice, water and food.
Although this list is not comprehensive to note all the good deeds done, these are a few of the good news stories we’ve heard:
- Local grocery stores, such as SPD Markets, donated food they couldn’t keep
- A local Starbucks donated their sandwiches to Hospitality House for dinner while their kitchen was without power
- The Food Bank of Nevada County relocated their food distribution to the Eric Rood Center and brought 4 trucks of 3,300 lbs of fresh produce and 10,000 lbs of dry goods for customers
- BriarPatch Food Co-op also stopped by the Food Bank distribution with a few trucks of donated food
- Local media efforts to provide quick, accurate and helpful information to the public with backup plans in place
- Residents reaching out to neighbors and on social media to help share what local businesses were open for gas, ice and food
- Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital for continuing their high standard of care and putting the community’s needs first
- Local law enforcement quickly responding to help with traffic control around open businesses
- Nevada Irrigation District (NID) ensuring that water service continued throughout the outage
- CalTrans for staffing generators overnight to keep stoplights running on Highway 49
A thank you goes out to all those in our community who helped out their neighbors, donated to residents, and made the extra effort to support those affected by the power shutoffs.
