Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

Here’s a press release from the Joint Chambers on an A.D.A. workshop coming to Grass Valley. It comes amid heightened concern that merchants meet A.D.A. requirements:

“How well do you know the A.D.A. requirements?

“Protect yourself and your business from possible lawsuits.

“Join us on July 12th, August 9th 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for a 2 part
symposium. Registration. $50.00 (includes both days) $40.00 for members of Joint Chambers, COC, FREED, City of GV Staff and GVDA CASp certified speakers, planners and others with give you an update! This symposium will take place at the Holiday Inn Express- Gold Miner’s Inn, 123 Bank Street Grass Valley”

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On this day in 1994, O.J. Simpson was chased across Los Angeles by the city’s finest before he was arrested at his home in Brentwood.

The scene riveted people to the television. Now ESPN has produced a documentary about this “fascinating Friday” 16 years ago. We saw it last night, and it was made of archival news footage, some of it raw.

On that day, Arnold Palmer was playing his final round at the U.S. Open, the New York Knicks were battling the Houston Rockets, and the World Cup was kicking off in Chicago, according to the Los Angeles Times.

So where were you that day? After work at The Chronicle, we were at the M&M bar — a newspaper hangout down the street from the paper (where Steve Cottrell, among others, worked).

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