CCAT presented the following recommendations to Nevada County's Transit Services Commission in order to enhance rather than reduce Nevada County's transit capabilities. October 15, 2008 To: Transit Services Commission Re: Gold Country Stage Servic...

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Weather... I breathe it. If you meet me on this street I'll probably talk to you about it. You might already know about my live weather station and webcam. If not then you soon will :) http:/ / ncweatherlive.com/ blog Whil...

For those not familiar with the concept, the modern day Forums on line grew out of the old Bulletin Board Systems of the 1980's and 1990's, pre Internet. They are a place to post topics, and to respond to topics others ha...

(i hope my backseat driving did not drive him away!)

Check out Ode Magazine's website, and the groups they have going already. not hard to start a new one, or join. http:/ / www.odemagazine.com/ groups/ Here is an example of a Ning social network like ours, just not a loca...

Thanks to all who put this together. We at Foothill Arts, Resources and Media support creating a sustainable Nevada County.

Spiritual Cinema Circle Movie Night Friday March 6, 2009, 7-9 pm Date: Friday March 6, 7-9 p.m. Cost: donation Contact: Terri Harmon 432 7818 or terri@livingcompassion.com Location: Unitarian Universalist Community of the...

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It was standing room only inside Keva Juice Wednesday night. The new smoothie place on Brunswick Road and Sutton Way had a soft opening and was giving away free 24-ounce drinks to a happy crowd. The franchise formally opened today and will have a ...

Since I turned 14, I've had difficulty finding shoes. Wearing a size 14 will do that for you. Finding comfortably-fitting athletic, casual and dress shoes has been a constant struggle, reminding me of my freakish dimensions every few months.I tell...

The historic Holbrooke Hotel (it's a depressing post, so bask in the joy of alliteration for a moment) is headed off to the auction block at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23. The owners of the Grass Valley landmark have had a hard time paying their mort...

Alta Sierra's Nancy Palmer, a longtime local resident and Sierra College trustee pulled papers today to run for her seat again this fall. She is as of yet unopposed in the race, but challengers may pull papers until next Friday.Palmer has served o...

After providing historical background and a bit part in two recent major movies, Grass Valley native Dustin Spence finally has his own.It’s a kind of early birthday present: He turns 26 on Sunday.Spence’s first film, a 10-minute western called...

Aloha! Join Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS) for a day of Hawaiian culture, food, dance and song.  Our (nearly!) authentic luau menu features spit-roasted pig, fresh poi from Hawaii, Hawaiian meatballs, chicken long rice, grilled veg...

The Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS) in collaboration with InConcert Sierra and Sierra Stages announces auditions for its 2011 production, Rodgers and Hammersteins’ The King and I, directed by Leslie Ann Rivers, with musical directio...

The 28th Annual Portola Railroad Days Festival will be held today through Monday in Portola and will feature train rides, music, historic slide shows, a car show, an outdoors arts and crafts show and more.Railroad buffs have filled 15 private rail...

The Huddy's will play their brand of rock and roll, folk and country at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the Budweiser True Music Stage at the Nevada County Fair, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. The Huddy’s feature Bryan on acoustic guita...

Nevada County’s own Cosmic Wobble will play at the Auld Dubliner at Squaw Valley, 1850 Village South Road, Suite 41 in Olympic Valley, 9 p.m. Saturday.

The day begins with a flag raising ceremony conducted by Boys Scouts and the Brownsville VFW. Throughout the day volunteers of the Yuba Feather Historical Association will bring the colorful characters of Gold Rush days to life in a Living History...

The 41st Annual Squaw Valley Community of Writers will convene this summer with workshops in Poetry, Fiction and Screenwriting. All events take place at the Olympic Village Lodge, 1901 Chamonix Place, Squaw Valley.The prestigious Writing Workshops...

It’s safe to say that we are in difficult times in the world at large. Economic challenges, environmental concerns and worries over employment may predominate the thinking around town.We have our share of coping mechanisms from great new places ...

The Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS) is holding auditions for its March-April 2011 show, Rodgers and Hammersteins' beloved musical, "The King and I," directed by Leslie Ann Rivers, with musical direction by Ken Hardin and choreography ...

Back by popular demand, Summer of Love, a musical revue by OBS owners John Driscoll and Jan Kopp, opens an eight week run on Friday, July 9th  at the intimate cabaret dessert theater located at 305 Commercial Street in Nevada City, CA.   Summer...

Russ Steele Below is the full press release: CPUC RECEIVES RESULTS OF INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF PG&E SMART METERS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2, 2010 - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today received the results of the independent evalua...

Russ Steele It was an interesting, yet depressing Economic Resource Council Board meeting this morning. The focus of the meeting was to discuss what the ERC should do it the ARRA funding for the $13 million broadband project does not...

George Rebane Tonight I �discussed’ Prop23 with Steven Frisch on KVMR-FM 89.5. News director Paul Emery did his best to moderate the forty minute discussion which turned out to be something else. Steve was in his element and smooth as...

Russ Steele Update: (09-02-10, 16:40) Here is the latest numbers with 9782 votes in from the KCRA poll: Not to be out done the Sac Bee has postered their own online poll here. With about 200 votes in it is...

Russ Steele If we drive the oil companies from California to protect the health of our children, what will we use to fuel the trucks that move products from factories, ports and farms to the stores in your neighborhood? we...

Russ Steele I was listening to the KVMR discussion on Prop between Steven Frisch and George Rebane. During the discussion, Steven Frisch kept referring to the 97% consensus that humans are causing global warming. Where did that figure come from,...

Russ Steele The September issues of the CABPRO News is on the street and it has my September Off the Top of My Head column is on page 10. My columns makes the case that Nevada County businesses and governments...

Russ Steele Paul Mirengoff, Power Line, writes in: PREDICTING THE FUTURE IS DIFFICULT; TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PAST SHOULD NOT BE I expect November 2, 2010 to be a very good night for Republicans. But for me, it won't...

Russ Steele Tonight from 6:20 to 7:00 pm KVMR-FM 89.5 will hold a moderated discussion of AB32, the attempt to suspend the remainder of the law through the passage of Proposition 23, and the relevance of the whole effort to...

Russ Steele Watts Up With That has the details in: Chicago Climate Exchange devalues 50%, new record low. The only lower price than today’s closing price on Carbon is ZERO. In California under AB32, CARB hopes carbon trading will produce...

Russ Steele Who is Joe D'Aleo? He was the first Director of Meteorology at cable TV's Weather Channel, and Chief Meteorologist at the Weather Service's International Corporation. He has over 30 years experience as a meteorologist. Kim Greenhouse r...

George Rebane RR readers are very familiar with my thoughts on socialized medicine. Here is a summary of how our friends on the left look at Obamacare. This was forwarded by a correspondent and friend who views himself as a...

George Rebane The picture of the deficits over the last eight years is a telling story. The graphic shows the deficits with the cost of the Iraqi war broken out as tallied by the US government. For those keeping up,...

George Rebane Another one of those delightful, disorganized, and sometimes disjointed discussions has erupted in the comments following �The Reverends Beck and Sharpton Hold Meetings’. The topic area has migrated from that of the original post ...

George Rebane This coming Wednesday from 6:20 to 7:00 pm KVMR-FM 89.5 will hold a moderated discussion of AB32, the attempt to suspend the remainder of the law through the passage of Proposition 23, and the relevance of the whole...

George Rebane This morning’s gathering at Washington’s Lincoln Memorial was something to behold. We had breakfast watching C-SPAN’s broadcast of the event that drew somewhere in the neighborhood of 400,000 people. The occasion was definitely...

George Rebane California’s governor published a strong appeal for pension reform in the 27aug10 WSJ op-ed section. In a piece titled �Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future’ he lays out a case for why we are headed for disaster. None...

George Rebane Nah, it’s just that November’s mid-term elections are finally getting close. The big news hereabouts is that Nevada County received another tranche of federal cash from the vaunted American Redistribution and Re-election Act (ARR...

George Rebane A couple of nights ago Jo Ann and I attended an NID meeting of the Cement Hill Rd water project held at the Elks Lodge. We sat with NID board member Nancy Weber who also spoke at the...

George Rebane California’s AB32 (cap n’ tax) controversy and the impending opportunity to suspend a good part of it through passage of Proposition 23 has given rise to discussions on better approaches to governance. Here is a partial list of...

George Rebane On 20 August last, KVMR aired one of my bi-weekly commentaries �Is Prop23 Relevant to Nevada County?’ in which I argued 1) for the support of Proposition 23 to suspend CARB’s implementation of AB32 which is now California...

George Rebane Last Wednesday (18aug10) I stood next to my pal Russ Steele when he lit into Meg’s second string field representatives for her refusal to support Proposition 23. I thought that Russ was appropriately steamed by the �pre-natal RINO...

by Kim Janousek It’s no secret that the business climate in California is a like a sinking ship and it’s going down fast. And business owners throughout the state will tell you that there is no one knocking on their...

George Rebane Former Union editor and Nevada County’s journalist extraordinaire (also self-appointed manager of our morals and keeper of The High Dudgeon) Jeff Pelline has again gotten a bit confused about the why, wherefore, and responsibility ...

George Rebane [This is the transcript of my bi-weekly KVMR-FM 85.9 commentary aired earlier this evening (20 August 2010). NC Media Watch adds to the relevancy argument here.] By now everyone has heard of AB32, California’s new law to implement...