Now that the Legislature has prevented all counties from hand counting ballots with the passage of AB 969, let's have a look at who supported this law.

“The sick thrill of antisemitism has a price: the surrender of reason, and, with it, of conscience.” - David Mamet

The United States has become the world’s ATM.

The immediate change in the organization of labor from slave to free after the Civil War rippled through every facet of American economic, political, and social life from North to South and from East to West. It is this very scope and period of reorganization of American institutions about which Eric Foner writes in his book, Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18. Foner explores the period of Reconstruction from almost every angle and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of the successes and failures of Reconstruction.

The final form of the revisions to the Articles, which resulted in an entirely new Constitution, was a surprise to the states and the populous of the nation. The reason that the new Constitution was a revelation is because the delegates made certain that their deliberations would remain secret.

Barry Pruett interviews Jennifer Singer about Bright Futures for Youth

On Thursday Night, candidates for Assembly District 1 (AD-01) and Senate District 1 (SD-01) gathered at the McLaughlin Auditorium in Redding, California for a candidate forum to discuss issues and policies relating to their candidacies.

Four artists performed as part of a local singer/songwriter series sponsored by Wild Eye Pub and KVMR: Cherisha Heart, Kimberly Bass, Hannah Jane Kile, and Sands Hall.

In order to understand the recent events in Israel and Gaza, it is necessary to look back to the historical facts that created this terrible humanitarian crisis which affects innocent civilians on both sides.

The City of Grass Valley, California is contemplating placing a measure on the March 2024 ballot that would raise the sales tax rate for businesses, consumers, and residents of Grass Valley to 8.875%.

Natalie Adona thinks Nevada County’s public records are “boring.”

“I urge state lawmakers to take action to stop predatory actors from targeting small businesses with frivolous ADA lawsuits.”

In light of the recent lawsuit, and Nevada County having been ordered to pay $85,000 in legal fees and costs, it would seem the County CEO and County Counsel would be wise to instruct staff appropriately in fulfilling PRAs in order to avoid future litigation. It also seems County Counsel is part of the problem in defending the County against fulfilling the PRAs in a timely manner.

Grass Valley City Manager presented the proposed general sales tax measure as a half-percent sales tax within the City limits which he said would fund fire resiliency and vegetation management. The proposed sales tax, if sent to the voters as a measure on the ballot in March 2024 by the city council, would generate about $3.4 million dollars for the City’s general fund per year.

On June 21, 2023, the Court ordered the release of a tranche of public records related to the November 2020 General Election, which Nevada County had been illegally refusing to provide to the public. Last week, the Court determined that Young was the prevailing party in the litigation and, as such, is entitled to her attorney fees and costs in an amount exceeding $85,000.

Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy spoke in Anaheim for the California GOP convention.

Ron DeSantis, current Governor of Florida and 2024 candidate for President of the United States, spoke at the Friday night dinner September 29, 2023 for the California Republican Party convention.

Tim Scott spoke at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim on September 29, 2023.

Donald J. Trump spoke to over a thousand attendees during lunch on September 29, 2023 as part of the California Republican Party convention at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel.

The California state budget nearly equals the federal budget for the entire country of Russia. Over the past 25 years, the budget for Nevada County has nearly quadrupled in size, exploding to about $368,000,000 annually. With this exorbitant amount of money, has Nevada County solved the homeless problem? Affordable housing? Reduced crimes against the people? Hardly. Indeed, the homeless problem is worse, there is no affordable housing in Nevada County, and our community is less safe now than 25 years ago.