On The Town

On The TownSheriff Shannan Moon: Leadership, Public Safety and the Castle Peak Response
On this episode of On The Town, Lorraine Jewett broadcasts live from the 2026 Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley with Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon. Moon discusses serving as Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator and overseeing patrol, court security, corrections, dispatch, animal control, criminal investigations and search and rescue across rural Nevada County and Truckee. The conversation covers deputy recruitment and retention, professional law-enforcement training, the Sheriff’s Office’s planned indoor firearms training facility, Moon’s service on the California POST Commission and her position as second vice president of the California State Sheriffs’ Association. Moon also shares a firsthand account of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office response to the deadly Castle Peak avalanche, where six people were rescued and nine lives were lost. Jerry Cirino joins the opening segment to celebrate Nevada County Fair youth agriculture, 4-H and FFA programs, Treat Street nonprofits and support for local first responders.
