The Nevada County Fairgrounds will host a job fair to fulfill its hiring needs for this year’s Fair season. The Nevada County Fair job fair will be held on Thursday, May 16, from 2 – 6 pm in the Main Street Center at the Nevada County [...]
More than 180 volunteers participated in the Rotary at Work Day at the Nevada County Fairgrounds on Saturday. Organized by Nevada County’s Rotary Clubs, volunteers spent the day fixing up and sprucing up the community’s Fairgrounds. More than 180 volunteers spend a day “beautifying” the Nevada County Fairgrounds On Saturday, Nevada County’s Rotary Clubs – [...]
Scott’s Flat Reservoir (picture by John J. O’Dell) Nevada Irrigation District has maintained good levels of reservoir storage and is planning to make normal deliveries this year. District reservoir levels rose in the near record rains of November and December but the normally wet months of January, February and March brought just eight inches of [...]
Residential Debris Burn Demonstration Escaped residential debris burns continue to be a leading cause of fire suppression calls in Nevada County. Learning to safely and cleanly burn vegetation debris helps to minimize smoke emissions and allows firefighters time to respond to true emergencies. It is your responsibility to know and follow local and state burning regulations. Failure [...]
LOS ANGELES (April 15) – Strong sales in higher-cost coastal regions and heated market conditions drove California’s median home price to its highest level in March since May 2008, while inventory shortages continued to stifle home sales, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported. “While home sales were essentially flat from February, sales declined [...]
(Hopefully you will not have to work this fast) The Scotch Broom Challenge was created in 2007 to address the spread of this highly flammable and invasive plant in our community. The Scotch Broom Challenge started with just a few sites in Nevada County. In the spring of 2012 over 250 volunteers took the Scotch [...]
The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County will chip any brush that is cleared from defensible space of any permanent structure and/or 30’ from any roadside or driveway used for evacuation purposes. Any vegetation that grows past such limitations is beyond the boundaries of what we can chip. Grant funding is very limited for the [...]
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 [...]
Source: Nevada Irrigation District Water supplies to the greater Grass Valley-Nevada City area are safer and more reliable as a result of NID’s Banner Cascade Pipeline Project which is being phased into operation this fall and winter. Pipeline construction, roadway overlays and repaving are finished, tree planting and hydroseeding are being completed this fall, and [...]
