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
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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
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
