Earlier this month, a Loma Rica housing project increasingly criticized as being less “smart” than its predecessor sailed through Grass Valley City Council, moving it forward. Tonight, Nevada County planning officials will hold a hearing on Rincon Del Rio, a big mixed-use senior project on the Bear River. Trouble is, we’re in a housing...
“The battle over the federal deficit hasn’t flipped in favor of the Democrats. The GOP isn’t suddenly at grave risk of losing its House majority,” according to Politico.com. “But after two years of getting pummeled over spending and the size of government, Democrats now appear to have found a political weapon that’s capable of...
“Democrats scored an upset in one of New York’s most conservative Congressional districts on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the national Republican Party in a race that largely turned on the party’s plan to overhaul Medicare,” according to the New York Times. “The results set off elation among Democrats and soul-searching among Republicans, who...
From the current issue of SierraFoodWineArt magazine: SPRING IS AN IDEAL TIME TO VISIT THE foothill vineyards: The vines are budding, wildflowers are in bloom and the weather is splendid. The 13th Annual Sierra Vintner’s Wine Trail, on Memorial Day weekend, is the perfect event for a wine country tour for locals and visitors....
The Justice Department emailed this press release earlier: “SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton sentenced Melvin Rohs, 65, of Nevada City, to 33 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $533,976...
Editor’s note: The new president of Sierra College is coming from a school that is on accreditation warning, as Sierra Foothills Report first reported. At the time, I checked with the education reporter at the Bakersfield Californian, who was not aware of this. To his credit, he now has followed up. Still no word...
Editor’s note: This from the current CABPRO newsletter: “Ronald Reagan struck a nerve during his 1980 Presidential campaign against Jimmy Carter when he asked Americans: ‘Are you better off now than you were four years ago?’ Today I ask the same question of our CABPRO News readers: ‘ARE YOU?’ Not at all, I think....
