But the question we all have: How will she handle the Sunday edition?
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County sucked into vortex of state’s woes
Posted on January 31, 2009 by jeffpelline
The state budget crisis is continuing to hammer our 58 counties. One rural county is operating from paycheck to paycheck, a dire situation, according to my sources. Nevada County is better off than many but still facing some big challenges. Exisiting proposals call for deferring some state payments to our counties for seven months — [...]
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What does sale of Thomson Grass Valley mean?
Posted on January 29, 2009 by jeffpelline
I’ll miss the joint dateline of Paris/Nevada City on Thomson Grass Valley press releases. In another release this afternoon, Paris-based Thomson announced it was putting Grass Valley Group up for sale — one of the biggest stories here in a long time. Sacrebleu! Why? Thursday’s anouncement could have a profound impact on the local economy: [...]
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Taking wastewater treatment into our own hands
Posted on January 29, 2009 by jeffpelline
The latest twist to the Cascade Shores wastewater treatment debacle should be the final straw in persuading us to build a regional wastewater treatment plant. The state’s financial crisis has frozen a loan needed to build the long damaged plan — ironic since the state pushed for the construction in the first place. Enough is [...]
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Small business owners get signs back
Posted on January 28, 2009 by jeffpelline
I headed to Whispering Pines in Grass Valley for some fresh salmon from a favorite merchant, Nevada City Seafood, and noticed that the sandwich-board signs pointing to their business, as well as other signs, were up again. I also noticed a sandwich board in front of Foothill Florist in downtown Grass Valley advertising “Valentine’s Day” [...]
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Newspapers losing grip on police blotters
Posted on January 28, 2009 by jeffpelline
The most popular feature of most community newspapers is the police blotter. Most subscribers consider it a “must read,” because they want to know what is going on in their neighborhood. Internet entrepreneurs have figured this out, too, and they’re out to create their own police blotters and ramping up their efforts. For example, here’s [...]
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Recession leads to more suicides
Posted on January 27, 2009 by jeffpelline
A sad fallout from the recession is a rise in suicides and calls to suicide hotlines. Our area also is suffering. The other day another suicide occurred here that has rattled our community, coming in the aftermath of some other prominent ones last year. (My policy is not to provide details of private suicides, just [...]
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Bulletin: County population grows (by one)!
Posted on January 26, 2009 by jeffpelline
As many of you know, we lost our beloved 13-year-old yellow lab Gretchen just before Thanksgiving. It was a terrible blow to our family and left a big void. Earlier this month, I boarded a flight from SFO to Cleveland (of all places) and landed in a blinding snow storm to bring home a new [...]
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A scoop: Newmont/GV settlement imminent!
Posted on January 24, 2009 by jeffpelline
An out-of-court settlement between Newmont Mining Corp. and the city of Grass Valley over its years-long dispute over toxic runoff is imminent, my sources told me on Saturday (1/24). A press release announcing the deal is expected as early as next week (the week of 1/25). The plan calls for Newmont to build a wastewater [...]
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More local GOP leaders who just “pound sand”?
Posted on January 24, 2009 by jeffpelline
Our newly elected local GOP leaders — 3rd district Assemblyman Dan Logue and U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock — appear to be following in the footsteps of their GOP predecessors: They go to the legislature and just pound sand. Logue’s first bill was to suspend the state global warming act. The rhetoric is high pitched too, [...]
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