Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report

After digesting some of the vitriolic comments here, I’ve decided it’s time to take a breather from Sierra Foothills Report for two weeks. Let’s revert to the “old world order” of bottleneck communications (with no online forum) from The Union et al. for a while and see how it works. It’s no skin off my [...]

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Elevensies Homemade Crepes opened this weekend in Nevada City, a fun addition to the historic downtown. At 408 Broad St., it offers a wide array of organic and locally inspired crepes. As Nevada City’s only food cart, Elevensies is open for lunch six days a week and on weekend late nights.

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Former Swift Communications staffers have launched an online news site called SouthTahoeNow.com that will compete head-to-head with the chain with some innovative features. It is the “Now.com’s” group’s second website in the territory (and crosshairs) of Swift newspapers, which owns The Union, as well as newspapers in Lake Tahoe, Carson City and other locals. CarsonNow.com [...]

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“MediaNews Group will combine 11 of its daily newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area into two to save money,” according to Politico.com. “The shake-up announced at the company built by Dean Singleton will affect newspapers located across the bay from San Francisco. Beginning Nov. 2, those newspapers will shed their distinct identities and adopt [...]

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“TMZ (a gossip website) published a photo on Friday purporting to show a very ill Steve Jobs, but commenters at the website Reddit point to evidence that the image is a fake,” according to TheDailyBeast.com. “There are signs that the image was pinched to make Jobs look more frail; that parts of the image have [...]

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“The center of Hurricane Irene has now hit the coast of North Carolina near Cape Lookout with Category 1-force winds of 85 mph,” according to ABC News “Hurricane warnings for the next 48 hours have been issued for North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, coastal Connecticut, Rhode Island and [...]

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This afternoon beer lovers can relax under towering pines at one of the state’s most beautiful fairgrounds and taste superb brews from more than two dozen microbreweries. The 22nd annual Sierra BrewFest is Saturday from 3-6:30 p.m. at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. The popular Music in the Mountains fundraiser features hand-crafted beers, [...]

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Here’s a coincidence: The Union writes an article: “Slammed by state regulators, Diego’s owner reaches out to fight back.” The details in the news section are here: http://www.theunion.com/article/20110826/NEWS/110829872/1001&parentprofile=1053 Then, after the article appears, The Union’s Facebook page reads: “If you’ve ever enjoyed a meal at Diegos in Grass Valley, you’ll understand why folks want to [...]

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