The window displays at Foothill Flowers in downtown Grass Valley are a few of my favorite things. This weekend’s display honors Memorial Day. “To these we owe the high resolve that the cause for which they died shall live.”
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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,...
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...
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,...
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....
“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...
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...
“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....