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Scoop: Nevada County wineries on a roll — more GV tasting rooms and new association name

Scoop: Nevada County wineries on a roll — more GV tasting rooms and new association name

More wineries are expanding in downtown Grass Valley, and the county’s wine association has a new name, showing industry growth despite the economic downturn. The county’s wine association is being renamed Sierra Vintners, with a tagline “where the vines meet the pines,” as first reported in Sierra FoodWineArt magazine. A companion website also is...

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Thank Brown, not McClintock, for long-awaited Dorsey drive interchange

I find it ironic that our staunch conservative developers have Jerry Brown, not Tom McClintock, to thank for the revived discussions to build the Dorsey Drive interchange. The proposed project would link the roadway with Hwy. 49. Though the interchange would provide some traffic relief and improve access to the hospital, the developers of...

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Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Comments on Shooting Death of Schnell School Principal Sam LaCara

Feb 3, 2011

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 2, 2011 — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today about the shooting death of Principal Sam LaCara at Louisiana Schnell Elementary School in Placerville. "I want to ex...

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Memorial for Nevada City’s Charles Woods on April 10

Memorial for Nevada City’s Charles Woods on April 10

A memorial for Nevada City artist and preservationist Charles Woods, who died last month, is April 10 at the Miners Foundry. Woods helped revitalize Nevada City as a haven for artists and was a co-founder of KVMR. He died at age 79 of complications fro...

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Yosemite National Park Renovates Historic Post Office

Feb 3, 2011
Yosemite National Park Renovates Historic Post Office

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Wanderlust Festival Unveils 2011 Talent Lineups, First-Ever Wanderlust Vermont and Regional Events Nationwide

Feb 3, 2011

New York City, NY February 3, 2011 - Wanderlust Festival, the one-of-a-kind yoga and music festival set within the nation's most inspiring natural scenery, announced today its 2011 lineup on its official website, http://www.wanderlustfestival.com.After...

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Anderson Cooper “punched in head” by Mubarak crowd

Anderson Cooper “punched in head” by Mubarak crowd

Being an international correspondent always has been risky business, as Anderson Cooper reminds us:

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Resolved: Avoid 200 Blk E. Main Street due to structure fire in Grass Valley

Feb 2, 2011

February 2, 2011 - GRASS VALLEY POLICE advises you to AVOID 200 Blk E. Main St. due to a current structure fire. Responding Fire personnel and equipment has temporarily closed the roadway requiring a detour of traffic from E. Main St & Stewart St to E...

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Report: How U.S. Chamber went to bat for Mubarak’s dictatorship

“As Egyptian protests continue to rage and thousands of people in that country continue to demand democratic reforms, many commentators are rightly calling upon the international community to show solidarity with the demonstrators and join them in battling the Mubarak regime,” according to ThinkProgress.org. “However, there is at least one powerful, multinational entity that...

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Did we elect him to a local office?

Did we elect him to a local office?

“JohnS” on Russ Steele’s blog, which has become a virtual coffee katch of right-wing males whooping it up in the blogosphere: “The only way I would go for the electric train idea is if they made it solar powered and start from the top of sugar loaf mountain. Grant funds to Nevada City and...



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