GRASS VALLEY - Treated water is now available in the Rattlesnake Road-Wheeler Cross Road area near Grass Valley, following a water line extension project completed this month by the Nevada Irrigation District. NID and area property owners shared costs in extending a 16-inch main line from Dog Bar Road, across Wheeler Cross Road to the [...]
Scotts Flat Reservoir seems to be very close to the spillway elevation which is approximately 3074.8 feet in elevation. That’s the elevation in which the water starts flowing out due to increase in volume from rainfall or from release of water from upper dams. As of today, the elevation of the water is 3073 or [...]
Here’s some more Christmas scenes off of Banner Quaker Hill Road near Nevada City. Do you have pictures of your Christmas lights that you would like published? Please send them to me and I’ll gladly post them. Happy Holidays to all. For all your real estate needs Email or call today: John J. O’Dell Realtor® [...]
This house so nicely decorated is located in Cascade Shores on Banner Quaker Hill Road. It’s a little hard to take good pictures because of the many pine trees in the way. Shots were taken with Samsung WB850F camera with F2.8 at 1/10 second. Camera has GPS tagging which is great when you are traveling [...]
By Judy J. Pinegar The earliest settlement in Nevada County was made in the summer of 1848 at a place called Rose’s Corral which was located between the Anthony House and Bridgeport. Early in the spring of 1849 a group of mountaineers from Oregon known as the Greenwood Company mined for gold at Illinois Bar [...]
By Judy J. Pinegar This little town in Nevada County is located on the banks of the South Fork of the Yuba River. It is located off Highway 20 between Nevada City and Interstate 80. Washington boasts a population on about 200, but that fluctuates seasonally and the town has a lot of tourist traffic [...]
The earliest settlement in Nevada County was made in the summer of 1848 at a place called Rose’s Corral which was located between the Anthony House and Bridgeport. Early in the spring of 1849 a group of mountaineers from Oregon known as the Greenwood Company mined [...]
Chris Crockett began creating songs at age 13 and has a compilation of hundreds of songs written throughout his life. Chris is the 3rd generation of the Crockett Family Kentucky Mountaineers, musicians who were instrumental in bringing country music to California. Chris was born in Los Angeles, California. In the early 1960′s Chris coaxed [...]
I’ve always enjoyed listening to Chris wherever and when ever I get a chance to hear him play in Grass Valley or Nevada City. He has a great voice and this is one of his latest videos he posted on Facebook. Here’s what he has to say about himself on his website: Chris Crockett began [...]
September 24, 2011 Citizens Bank of Northern California, Nevada City, California, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Tri Counties Bank, Chico, California, to assume all of the [...]
