Nevada County Airport was built in 1932 by Errol McBoyle, owner of the Idaho Maryland Mine. The purpose was to fly gold to Mills Field which is now the San Francisco International Airport. In 1956, Charles Litton of Litton Industries gave the airport to Nevada County. Nevada County Air Airport covers an area of 117 [...]
Although this raid on a marijuana plot in North San Juan happened last September, I think it is still newsworthy. The producer of this film makes a good analogy of pot growing versus farmers growing tobacco. According to the video, the pot grower grossed over $1,900,000. More people die from using tobacco than any other [...]
This is a great video about our Nevada County Public library. Twitter This Usuario: Password:
The good news is that sales volume picked up 7 percent. In November of 2007 to November of 2008, 839 homes had been sold. From November 2008 to November 2009 897 homes were sold, an increase of 7 percent. The average sales price in November 2008 was $395,609. In November 2009 the average sales price [...]
We’ve finally had a real snow fall in Nevada County last night and early this morning. We’ve also had the power go out in Cascade Shores, (where I live), last night for about 4 hours. I measured the amount of snowfall this morning on my back deck after it stopped snowing and it came in [...]
The Grass Valley’s Group parent company, French media technology company Thomson has breached its debt covenants and has been in talks throughout most of 2009 with creditors. Thomson now plans to ask creditors to vote on a restructuring plan on 21 December. This plan will be based on the terms agreed by many of its [...]
November 15, 2009 I took this picture from my deck yesterday looking at Scotts Flat Lake. It has its own eco-system and generates a fog over itself. The nice thing is my house is at 3,700 elevation and the fog usually never gets all the way up here. Wish I could say the same [...]
Coming home late from the office the other night, late enough that it was pitch dark, I saw a black bear crossing Banner Mountain Quaker road. Fortunately, I was driving slowly so I did not hit the bear and I got a good look at him. What a beautiful animal, big, with huge feet. From [...]
Contributed By Paul August The Auburn 49er Fire could have been much worse. 60 homes burned. It was headed for Lake of the Pines. In 1991, the Oakland hills fire destroyed 3,354 homes, 25 people died and hundreds were injured. What happened in Oakland and Auburn could happen here in Grass Valley and Nevada City. [...]
If You Want to Enter an Exhibit, You Can Still Enter On-Line The deadline to enter an exhibit (or two) in this year’s Nevada County Fair has been extended for another week. Nevada County residents interested in entering a still exhibit in one of the many exhibit categories can enter on-line, using the Fair’s on-line [...]
