Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Sue Horne is seriously considering running against Ted Owens, her former colleague on the county board of supervisors, for the county assessor’s position next year. Horne’s interest in the assessor’s job has been the hottest political rumor of the week, and Sue confirmed to me that she is considering becoming a candidate. The assessor’s job [...]

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A Grass Valley staff report states that any changes to the design of the Del Oro mural must be approved by the City Council and the owner of the building, the Getz’s. “In light of the prominent location of the Del Oro Theater, this mural will serve as a community landmark for many years,” according [...]

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Some merchants are continuing to question the terms of the merger between the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Association, and they are calling for a special meeting. I reported on this dispute before — “NC merger marred” — but it has still not surfaced in the local media. And it should have. “You [...]

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French-based Thomson, which is struggling to sell its Grass Valley video-technology unit, said Monday it has filed the equivalent of Chapter 11, according to Dow Jones. “We are not looking for extra cash . . . We have no liquidity or operational problem,” chief executive Frederick Rose told reporters. The company will continue to operate [...]

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Here’s a small-town scoop: The owner of the Crazy Horse Inn, Saloon and Grill has put the venerable establishment up for sale, expressing frustration with city officials and regulators. The asking price for the business — established in 1964 — is $350,000. It includes the kitchen, liquor license, fixtures and a catering license in 3,600 [...]

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Nevada City photographer Bob Lickter is sharing some images he took of downed trees from this weekend’s wind storm, which felled trees and cut off power for thousands of local people. I heard from many businesses who were shut down unexpectedly on a busy holiday weekend. Bob’s handiwork is a classic example of “citizen journalism” [...]

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The PG&E outage map — offering the lastest reports from this weekend’s wind storms — is here. PG&E is focusing on three major areas: 1. Grass Valley: 3 outage(s) affecting 500 to 4999 customer(s) Cause: Unknown Status: Awaiting assessment Start Time of Outage: 11/28/2009 11:07:00 AM Est. Time of Restoration: Not Available Last Updated: 11/28/2009 [...]

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I was surprised to see an ad for the Moonlight Bunny Ranch — a Nevada brothel — running in the North Lake Tahoe edition of “Action,” an entertainment section for the Swift community newspaper chain. “Minutes from Lake Tahoe, always open!, always fun!, full bar!” it read. Plus, “Free T-shirt from our gift shop with [...]

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Instead of driving home in a snowstorm on Friday night, we decided to stay in Lake Tahoe and listen to the Nevada Union football game on Internet radio. The team is in the second round of the playoffs. In this day and age, it seemed like a good “plan B.” KNCO, which has a monopoly [...]

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The historic Washington Hotel in the “little town” of Washington in our county is on the block for $950,000. The building, built in 1857, has hosted Wyatt Earp and Grover Cleveland, among others. The restaurant, antique bar and hotel has an awesome view of the South Fork of the Yuba. We like to go there [...]

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