Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

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“It was an “L” the San Francisco 49ers didn’t mind getting as the NFL owners Tuesday awarded the team the rights to Super Bowl 50,” KTVU is reporting. “The 49ers presented to the owners meeting in Boston the positives for a Super Bowl in the Bay Area, emphasizing the region’s leadership in high technology....

From: Mark Meckler To: undisclosed-recipients: Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:18 PM Subject: Class Action filed in OH Fed Crt. vs. IRS Thought you might want to know about the class action which we assisted the NorCal Tea Party in filing against the IRS today in Federal Court in Ohio. More parties will be...

“The first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea,” columnist Bill Keller writes in The New York Times. “Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation of small amounts. He...

The Union’s Nevada-based parent Swift Communications is consolidating its western Colorado websites, just as it recently did in Truckee-Tahoe. The websites are based in Glenwood Springs, Rifle and Grand Junction, Co. They previously were stand-alone community websites. The towns are located along Interstate 70 — but as far as 90 miles apart from one...

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I don’t get out often for long lunches, but I enjoyed lingering over a meal with Tom O’Toole at Trattoria Milano in Grass Valley. Tom, an “R” for life, brought along a gift: “Two if by Tea” from Rush Limbaugh. We did...

Our family is “going fishing” — literally, with our son — but kudos to The Center for the Arts for bringing Sandra Bernhard to town this weekend. Here’s a blast from the past:

Editor’s note: Katz’s Deli in New York is legendary. Here’s an email I received from them: We are so excited to announce Katz’s Delicatessen’s 125th Anniversary celebration weekend! Friday May 31st- James Beard Award winner Danny Bowien of Mission Chinese Food, Bill Telepan of Telepan, Joey Campanaro of The Little Owl, Market Table, and...

My wife and I watched the public hearing on Measure L expenditures in Nevada City between the Giants’-Colorado baseball game. We are NCTV regulars. The meeting was “nearly deserted,” as The Union accurately stated. There will be no citizen’s oversight committee on Measure L was the bottom line. The Council will handle that; after...