Jeff Pelline

Jeff Pelline is the publisher of Sierra FoodWineArt and author of the blog Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report. His award winning 30-year journalism career includes editing and management positions at the San Francisco Chronicle, CNET (since sold to CBS for $2 billion) and The Union in Grass Valley. Jeff's work also has been published in the New York Times, Time magazine and the Chicago Tribune. When Jeff was Editor of CNET News, the publication won a prestigious National Magazine Award.

Web Site: http://jeffpelline.wordpress.com


Memorial Day events

May 24, 2013
Memorial Day events

From the County’s Friday Memo: Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service. In Nevada County, the following events will take place on Memorial Day,...

Sneak peek at GV retail shopping survey

May 24, 2013

The results and findings of a Grass Valley shopping survey will be presented at the June 25 City Council meeting. But I spoke to some people who attended the focus group sessions this week. One highlight: In one question, about half the people surveyed said they would like to see a Trader Joe’s or...

Scoop: CATS to present Miss Saigon for its 20th anniversary in April-May ’14 @Nevada Theatre

May 24, 2013
Scoop: CATS to present Miss Saigon for its 20th anniversary in April-May ’14 @Nevada Theatre

From the blog of Sierra FoodWineArt magazine: Editor’s note: We saw this new post on the CATS website — an audition notice for Miss Saigon, one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles of all time and a “mega musical”: Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra’s 20th Anniversary Production From the creators of Les Misérables,...

Scoop: CATS to present Miss Saigon for its 20th anniversary in April-May ‘14 @Nevada Theatre

May 24, 2013
Scoop: CATS to present Miss Saigon for its 20th anniversary in April-May ‘14 @Nevada Theatre

Editor’s note: We saw this new post on the CATS website — an audition notice for Miss Saigon, one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles of all time and a “mega musical”: Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra’s 20th Anniversary Production From the creators of Les Misérables, comes a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil,...

5.7 earthquake near Susanville

May 23, 2013

We felt it here. Sactown felt it too.

Many rural Northern California cities losing residents (including Grass Valley and Nevada City)

May 23, 2013

Editor’s note: From the front page of SacBee.com, a trend we discuss here regularly: “About 50 California cities saw populations declines last year, even as most California cities grew slowly, new census figures show,” the Sacramento Bee is reporting. “Most cities losing residents are rural and located in northern California or the Central Valley....

20th Annual North Tahoe-Truckee Art Tour is July 12-14 and 19-21

May 23, 2013
20th Annual North Tahoe-Truckee Art Tour is July 12-14 and 19-21

North Tahoe Arts annual open-studio tour known as ARTour celebrates 20 years of local high-country artists opening their studios to visitors and art patrons alike among the backdrop of the North Lake Tahoe-Truckee area’s statuesque pine trees and sweeping meadows. The self-driven tour is free of charge and starts by downloading the ARTour Tour Guide (available...

CABPRO’s Agenda 21 speaker in GV: “Don’t be so nice. This is war.”

May 23, 2013

“Rosa Koire, a self-proclaimed liberal and author of ‘Behind the Green Mask: U.N. Agenda 21,’ told scores of people at the Grass Valley Veterans Hall Tuesday that development efforts billed as ‘sustainable’ or ‘smart growth’ are just the tip of an iceberg designed to strip rural communities of their property rights and turn them...

Scoop: Both Weaver Auto buildings in escrow — a real-estate bright spot

May 23, 2013
Scoop: Both Weaver Auto buildings in escrow — a real-estate bright spot

In a sign of resurgence in real estate, both the back and front building of the former Weaver Truck and Auto building are in escrow, according to real-estate sources. The back building is being sold to an auto body repair shop that is relocating from within the area, sources said. Escrow is expected to...

We’re brimming with “official” Nevada County Visitor Guides

May 22, 2013
We’re brimming with “official” Nevada County Visitor Guides

of·fi·cial  /əˈfiSHəl/ Adjective Of or relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities.



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