Details for the 2012 Amgen Tour of California professional road cycling race have been announced.
The 2012 edition of America's premier cycling race will feature new cities, new challenges for the world-class group of teams and ride

Dillon James McMahon, 22, of Auburn, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 23 years in Placer County Superior Court for kidnapping and car-jacking while using a gun during a three-county crime spree.

He will serve nearly 20 ye

Grass Valley
Police Department
Monday - 61 calls for service

10:04 a.m. - A caller from the 300 block of North Church Street reported a man staring at a house for an hour. He could not be located.
11:13 a.m. -

Forest Lake Christian's boys basketball team took down Cristo Rey by a score of 89-61 and improved to 6-3 in the Central Valley California League.
Brandon Camacho scored 23 points and was one of four Falcons to finish with double dig

Nevada Union's girls basketball squad kept its Sierra Foothill League record unblemished Tuesday night by coming from behind to beat the Lady Timberwolves of Woodcreek.
In the friendly confines of Albert Ali gym, the Lady Miners (13-

Lance Armstrong. Alberto Contador. Floyd Landis. Three of the biggest names in competitive cycling have all been implicated in doping scandals in one way or another.
On Monday, Contador joined Landis as one of only two riders in hist

ay on Jan. 26, 2012, at Hospice of the Foothills Compassionate Care Home after a courageous battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 59.
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Twin Cities Church in Grass Valley.

Edward "Ed" John Tellam of Grass Valley, passed away on Friday, Feb. 4, 2012 with his family by his side. He was 84.
Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Hooper & Weaver Mortuary. Funeral Services will be at

Phyllis (Greentree) McMahan passed away on Jan. 22, 2012. She was 85.
Private family burial service will be on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at New Elm Ridge Cemetery in Grass Valley, Calif.
An open gathering of friends and family will be

Longtime resident of Fresno and Nevada Counties, Calif. and Harney County, Ore., Alan R. Brooks passed away on Feb. 5, 2012. He was 73.
A memorial service will take place 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at Nevada City Elks Lodge.
He was bor

Tommy Wayne Aldridge of Nevada City passed away on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Grass Valley. He was 71.
Memorial services will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Calvary Bible Church. Pastor Steve Belch will off

When a family loses a child, it's an incomprehensible tragedy.
Parents are left devastated by their loss wondering how they will ever get through this.
On Thursday evening, a support group for bereaved moms will meet in the

The Grass Valley Wine Co. will host a benefit for Tresa Honaker of AirAligned 5 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Entertainment will be donated by legendary local group, Travis & Blue Company. Wines by the glass and bottle along with light appetize

The Penn Valley Hi-Graders Lions Club would like to thank all of the people who attended for their continued support of the annual "All You Can Eat Crab Feed" on January 20 and 21.
All proceeds from our latest event will

No, actually I meant to say flat tax. We need it in the USA. I'm tired of the class warfare.
I don't care if rich people are rich and poor people are poor and the rest of America fits somewhere in the middle of the sandw

It's hard to see Republican primary candidates as grown-ups, let alone potential world leaders.
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich accuse each other of being secretly pro-abortion. Romney celebrates Gingrich's 1997 ethics con

Thanks to the Nevada County Tea Party Patriots for including Libertarians and Occupy Movement (Nevada County) at their last board meeting. They are really inclusive of all walks of life!
Thanks to all 25 persons who attended our last

A very special thank you to Premier Floor Coverings for their amazing job installing the carpet for our new gymnastics floor. Dan, his office staff, and his crew were professional, friendly, and bent over backward to make this work fo

I am so pleased that Fred Perry (Other Voices, Jan. 21, 2012) also regards the ruminations of George Rebane as a "cheap piece of partisan hackery." It's not surprising that the archaic old guard is fading away.
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