“Christmas Card” movie shown at Victorian Christmas

The popular Hallmark movie “The Christmas Card,” starring Ed Asner and filmed in Nevada City, will be shown at Victorian Christmas each Wednesday. The movie will be shown at the Alpha Building, at the foot of Broad Street in Nevada City. What a cool idea. This December “The Christmas Card” also will be aired on [...]

Energy Solutions Task Force Report going to NC City Council on Dec. 8

Here’s a press release from APPLE: In October 2008, APPLE-NC asked Nevada City to adopt a resolution regarding Energy Scarcity and to form an Energy Solutions Task Force. The resolution was passed, and a Task Force, comprised of local businesspeople, city officials, and nonprofits, was subsequently created in 2009 to investigate specific local energy vulnerabilities [...]

Extreme right website shows sick humor directed at TSA agents

The internet has created a barrage of political websites. One of them is called “RightOnDaily.com.” “www.RightOnDaily.com is the home of exclusive commentary by conservative leaders such as Congressman Tom McClintock, Assemblyman Dan Logue and others,” it reads. “www.RightOnDaily.com promotes Conservative candidates and causes and often finds itself at odds with the leadership of the Republican [...]

Estimate of TARP losses falls sharply to $25 billion

This from the L.A.Times: “The projected cost of the $700-billion financial bailout fund — initially feared to be a huge hit to taxpayers — continues to drop, with the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimating Monday that losses would amount to just $25 billion. “That’s a sharp drop from the CBO’s last estimate, in August, of [...]

We’re happy to invest in California (Lindsay Lohan and all)

Like many families, we sock away some money when we can for our son’s college education. This year, we supplemented the small but growing stash with — imagine that — a bond in California. Before you laugh, consider another holding: Apple Computer, bought at one third of what it is now. The right-wing extremist blogs [...]

Spirit House relocates to Broad Street in Nevada City

Spirit House Import Gallery in Nevada City — a downtown stalwart — will be relocating in the New Year from 315 Commercial St. to 320 Broad Street, where Citronee restaurant had been located. “After ten years in our little shop, it is time to grow. We are very excited about this move in the auspicious [...]

Foothill Flowers’ spectacular Christmas tree

From SierraCulture.com’s blog: To our family, a decorated Christmas tree is the highlight of the holiday season. As a child, I remember sitting under ours, staring up at the colored lights and glass-blown ornaments. (A favorite, and my son agrees, is “Icicile Man.”) Some ornaments date back to the turn of the century, when my [...]

“A few of our favorite things” for the holidays

Editor’s note: From Sierra FoodWineArt magazine: Breakfast at Ike’s Quarter Cafe, Nevada City We like the Applewood smoked ham topped with caramelized onions, eggs with a side of fresh-made bbq sauce, served with Yukon hash, potatoes and cornbread. Ike’s uses naturally raised meats, organic eggs and makes its own breads. Try some new items on [...]

TEDx Grass Valley coming Dec. 7

Here’s a press release for an innovative conference coming here on Dec. 7, featuring some of our most successful women entrepreneurs, political and civic leaders: Popular KVMR talk radio program See Jane Do and the Insight Directory will present TEDxGrassValley, a regional version of the popular TED conference, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at Unity in [...]

Creating “community sizzle” in Grass Valley

The Grass Valley City Council will hold a study session on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at City Hall to discuss economic development, as I reported previously. Though the local press hasn’t “dug deeper,” the web lets you link to the staff report, a detailed, thoughtful document. I have linked to it here and summarized the [...]

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