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Nevada City Stand-Up Comedians Thrive in Un-Funny Times
If you’re feeling like the customary greeting of “Hi, how are you?– Fine! And you?” is currently inauthentic, what with the devastating wildfires and surging COVID numbers, you’re not alone.
Nevada City Film Festival A Welcome Bright Spot
This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Nevada City Film Festival. Despite having recently announced that it will be virtual this year due to COVID, the event offers a
Local Start Up Legitimizes Cannabis Gig Work
Maria Busby and her husband were staying with a friend while their Grass Valley house was being remodeled. They were just days away from moving
Today’s Special is COVID
A month ago, Nevada City’s Commercial Street seemed like it was back to its revelrous ways. There were sold out concerts and impatient lines outside.
Nevada County Grapples With Deadly Fentanyl Epidemic
Last January, Nevada City resident Joni Vincelette lived her worst nightmare. Her son Micah Price, a 32-year-old high school teacher in San Francisco, didn’t show
County Fair is Corny Fun, After A Year’s Shutdown
The Nevada County Fair will open next week, after a quarantine year that closed state and county fairs across the country last summer. This year’s
Sex in the Sticks
The man often came into the Grass Valley frozen yogurt shop where Cory* worked, and was obviously flirting with her. He’d place his order, smile,
The Best Bloodys Around
Loved by brunching moms and hungover riff-raff, the Bloody Mary remains a classic and polarizing cocktail. Everyone thinks they have the ultimate recipe. Originally called
Fire Safety For Slackers
When considering moving to Nevada City a year ago, I knew about the danger of living in a wildfire zone. But, like dating a really
Dirt from Abandoned Mines May Cause Cancer
The Nevada County landscape is scarred by gold mining: the piles of tailings in Empire Mine State Park, the exposed bluffs framing Hirshman’s Pond. But
Local Blacksmithing Heats Up
It’s fun to build a geodesic dome in nice weather, and not so fun to do it when your fingers are freezing. So learned Travis
’Uba Seo Gallery Grand Opening Planned Tomorrow
Docents at the new ’Uba Seo—Nisenan Arts and Culture art gallery on Broad Street in Nevada City are preparing for their grand opening event July
Local Astrologers Manifest Cash
I sit cross-legged on a small cushion. Claire Pupo, 32, a Grass Valley-based astrologer and psychic healer, tells me to relax. Our eyes are closed
Steampunks and Cowpunks Love Power Tools
Stationed down twisted, rural Bitney Springs Road in Nevada City, is a large warehouse where you can play with power tools and blowtorches in your
Four Ideas For Your Next Overnighter
We’ve all done the day’s drive to Donner, and walked around the rusty iron at Empire Mine. We’ve spent countless open weekends in the same
Hackers Shake Down Sierra College for Ransom
If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you know that malevolent hackers nearly took out the American oil and meat packing industries in the
What It’s Like to Be a Girl in the Boy Scouts
Smartsville resident Amber Fackrell wanted to be a Boy Scout all her life. But she didn’t get her wish until 2019, when the Boy Scouts
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What Does it Mean to Be a Woman?
Nevada City-based Artist Ruth Chase is part anthropologist, part visual artist. She makes paintings, public art, and films that are inspired by interviews with people.
Why NU is Going to Be Cool This Year
Brett McFadden, superintendent of the Nevada Joint Union High School District, is in charge of most local kids’ high school experience. The district he heads
Sax, Drugs, and Rock and Roll
It’s common knowledge that the saxophone is the most seductive instrument in the world. So when we saw the infamous “two saxophones” guy playing at
Bluegrass Prodigy
15-year old Mei Lin Heirendt is in many ways, a typical teen: She’s a huge Star Wars fan, goes shopping for scrunchies, and Instagrams her
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The Ultimate Guide to Thrift and Vintage in Grass Valley and Nevada City
The Ultimate Guide to Thrift Stores and Vintage in Grass Valley and Nevada City Grass Valley and Nevada City have a shocking number of thrift
What Reopening Really Looks Like
At first, you could only get single rolls of toilet paper. Then the flour and sugar supplies dried up. The mask battles came next. Ben
Restaurants Starve, Workers Loaf
There is a small crowd of people waiting for a table outside The Classic Cafe on Broad Street in Nevada City on a recent Tuesday
Lake Lowdown: Drought Threatens Boating
For many in Northern California, rising temperatures means packing a cooler full of light beer, peeling off the boat cover, and cranking Bad Company as
Drink When Hot
Milk straight from the cow is both impractical (who has a cow?) and doesn’t travel well. Let’s talk about beer straight from the brewer. It’s
Disc Golf Tramp
Tyler “Treetop” Turnmeyer steps out of his dusty van and sets up his portable disc golf basket. He stretches his hands to the sky and
Let the Good Times Roll
On a recent Tuesday evening at a tennis court in Grass Valley, about a dozen women on roller skates were dancing in velvet short-shorts and
San Francisco Takes Over Your Town
Three months into the Coronavirus shut down, my husband and I knew we wanted out of San Francisco. Our two bedroom, one bath house in
Yuba In Crisis
On a typical warm Saturday at the South Yuba River State Park, treacherously parked cars stick out into Highway 49. The few trash cans at
The Cult of Dutch Bros
Cult coffeehouse chain, Dutch Bros, roared into Brunswick, AKA Burger Basin, this April, and pretty much any time of day, you can see 20 some-odd
Aaron Ross & The Peach Leaves: Nevada County’s New Supergroup
The names Farrow & the Peach Leaves and Aaron Ross are two of the hardest-working and most talented musical forces in the Nevada County music
Luxury Meets Broad Street
The long-awaited renovation of The National Exchange Hotel will be unveiled this Thursday, when its restaurant, bar, and rooms officially open for business. For long-time
He’s Singing the Cops’ Praises
Jamal Walker wears many hats: pro baker, soul singer, and most recently, Community Relations Coordinator with the Grass Valley Police Department. As the national conversation
