Machen MacDonald: The four Ps for producing
You already have plenty on your plate numbering well into the double digits. You get a new idea or become aware there is yet another project you need to jump into and execute like a...
Allen Ostrofe: Have you checked off these 7 potential tax savings ideas before year-end?
Elizabeth and Mark recently called from Los Gatos, California, and had left a voicemail that had a tone of anxiety. The year had gone by so quickly they weren’t certain whether their year-end financial and...
Marc Cuniberti: The Fed moves the market
The latest in economic figures out from the Commerce Department (CP) shows Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 2.1%. GDP for the second quarter of 2019. GDP is defined as the sum of the market values,...
River Valley Community Bank announces the retirement of Chief Credit Officer Douglas R. Marr and the promotion of Lucas C. Parnell
YUBA CITY — River Valley Community Bancorp with its wholly owned subsidiary, River Valley Community Bank is announcing the Bank’s Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer Douglas R. Marr is retiring effective Dec. 31....
Mary Owens: Getting through it together
We will continue with the journey of Tony and Martha as they face together the challenges of Tony’s cancer diagnosis. We left off with Martha leaving the house to go for a walk so her...
Industrial hemp cultivation: Trials of an emerging commodity in Northern California
YUBA CITY — Justin Eve wanted to be one of the first to get into production of the agricultural industry’s newest commodity when Sutter County officials adopted an industrial hemp ordinance earlier this year. Unlike...
California power outages highlight economic disparity
When the nation’s largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California, many rushed out to buy portable generators, knowing the investment could help sustain them during...
Nevada County businesses suffer during PG&E power shutdown (VIDEO/PHOTO GALLERY)
UPDATE: Some portions of western Nevada County have had power restored by PG&E, including The Union office in the Glenbrook Basin of Grass Valley. ORIGINAL STORY: “PG&E’s got to figure something out,” said downtown Grass...
Legal cannabis vape sales lagging, but dispensary owner says not in Nevada County
Several states have banned e-cigarettes as a link is being drawn by health officials between their consumption and the sickness of over a thousand, and the deaths of 18 people, across the nation, according to...
New massage and plant shop opens in Nevada City
Where nature and nurture meet. The Nevada City business that is attempting to evoke the feeling of being outside was designed with much intention, according to co-owner Leiya Mahoney. Mahoney’s shop, The Sunroom, offers massages,...
Passing on the reins: Jim Moule retiring as owner at Moule Paint & Glass
At 19, Jim Moule got his first job in glass outside the family business. Before that, in middle school, he endured a chemical accident that was almost catastrophic, leaving the now-business owner unable to go...
Nevada County gas prices higher than state, national averages
After the average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 10 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, and as California’s average price climbed to $4.16, a majority of western Nevada County’s stations remained below...
New skincare business coming to Nevada County
About five years ago, Chezza Badaracco opened a new business. Aesthetics By Chezza is a permanent cosmetics and paramedical tattooing business, particularly aimed to help those recovering from breast cancer surgery. Badaracco is a licensed...
Meet your merchant: Dr. Tiffany Chan to take over her parents’ 40-year practice in Grass Valley
The look of pride in the eyes of Dr. Lisa Moon was unmistakable Tuesday as she discussed her daughter’s accomplishments and future plans. On Jan. 1, Dr. Tiffany Chan, who is a doctor of optometry...
Thomas L. Cox named to New York Life’s Chairman’s Council
Thomas L. Cox has been named a member of the 2019 Chairman’s Council of New York Life. Members of the Chairman’s Council rank in the top 3% of New York Life’s elite sales force of...
Frederick A. Fisher: Long-term care insurance: Don’t grow old without it
In “Medicare And You 2018”, Medicare reported that 70% of Americans 65 or older will need long-term care in their lifetime. With the average cost of a private room at a nursing home in California...
Marijuana vape sales lag as lung illnesses rise in US
PORTLAND, Ore. — Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what’s causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal...
Stucki Jewelers travel half way around the world to find just the right diamonds for their customers
Stucki Jewelers, named Instore Magazine’s 2018 “Coolest Jewelry Store in America” for their repurposing of owner James Arbaugh’s old office into a humidor, is not just smoke and mirrors. The downtown Grass Valley shop has...
Wildfire Impact II: Fire Preparedness and Emergency Response Plan
The whole world watched in horror as the Paradise Fire completely eradicated the small town last year, and it made those of us living in forested areas more aware of the very real possibility of...
Meet your merchant: Wildflower Nursery transforms a bland Penn Valley intersection into a community hub
What was once little more than a one-acre patch of dirt at a main intersection in Penn Valley has literally come into full bloom since the Wildflower Nursery, Garden and Gift Shoppe opened its doors...
