Pine Street Burgers sells Taylorville location, remains open on Dorsey Drive in Grass Valley
On Monday, Pine Street Burgers co-owners George and Suzie Dyer announced they would sell their Taylorville Road location in Grass Valley to Burger & Cream. The restaurant’s location on Dorsey Drive, also in town, will...
Grass Valley Planning Commission OKs Dorsey Marketplace, with conditions (VIDEO/PHOTO GALLERY)
After more than five years of start-and-stop planning and design revisions, the Dorsey Marketplace project will finally go before the Grass Valley City Council, the last step before its final approval, after the Planning Commission...
Market Beat: Covered calls for income
Income oriented investors can have a difficult time finding good yields in this low interest rate environment. Interest rates could rise again in the future, but for the time being it looks like we’re in...
Grass Valley Planning Commission to review Dorsey Marketplace’s environmental impact
After more than five years of off-and-on planning and revising, the Dorsey Marketplace project will go before the Grass Valley Planning Commission Tuesday for approval before heading to the Grass Valley City Council, its final...
MEET YOUR MERCHANT: Nevada City Classic Cafe captures feel of European bistro soiree
He was a mechanical engineer in Sacramento working with a team to send a man to the moon. She was a professional dancer in Paris. How could they have known that years down the road...
New restaurant: Bourbon Pub opens at Northstar California
TRUCKEE — A new dining option has opened at Northstar California Resort, bringing pub inspired food, craft cocktails, entertainment, and a wide selection of beer and wine to the resort. Michael Mina’s Bourbon Pub opened...
Fit for Life Physical Therapy moves to Grass Valley
A “family feel.” That’s what Ingo Zirpins, physical therapist and co-owner of Fit for Life Physical Therapy, wants to keep as he moved his business to Grass Valley where DeMartini Spring Hill Pharmacy previously operated....
MEET YOUR MERCHANT: Passing the torch at Sam’s Beauty Supply in Grass Valley
By the time Sam Whittle opened her first beauty supply store in Grass Valley, she already had a reputation as a top-notch hairstylist and beauty supply expert, plus she was known for her impeccable customer...
River Valley Community Bancorp to open new branch in Marysville
YUBA CITY – River Valley Community Bancorp with its wholly owned subsidiary, River Valley Community Bank, has received formal approval from banking regulators to proceed with opening a new, full service, branch office in Marysville....
Volunteers sought for tax assistance program
AUBURN — Placer County’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is currently seeking volunteers. The program, operating in conjunction with United Way and the IRS, offers free tax assistance to low-income individuals and families at locations...
Frederick ‘Rick’ Fisher: Managing your taxable investments
As a full-service financial planning firm, we address many issues regarding our clients’ finances. For example, over the years, we have advised many clients on how best to manage the tax ramifications of repositioning a...
‘We are women who make skis’ — Coalition Snow opens store in Truckee
TRUCKEE — Since 2014, Coalition Snow has been flipping the stigma that skis and boards designed by women are somehow inferior to those made by men. “Quite honestly, there’s not a lot of women who...
Nevada City Auto Service changes owners, moves to Grass Valley
When she was young, Crystal Short would fix cars with her father. Growing up “in the garage,” as she called it, Short said she would dream of cars at age 6 — the Plymouth Barracuda...
MEET YOUR MERCHANT: Family-owned Sierra Theaters celebrates their 40th year in the movie business
At a recent free community screening of the movie, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at the Del Oro Theatre in Grass Valley, just as the homesick alien is about to die, a child in the audience bursts...
Tami J. Anderson completes specialized training, builds expertise in luxury real estate market
Tami J. Anderson with Cornerstone Realty recently earned The Luxury Home Marketing’s Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist™ (CLHMS) designation in recognition of experience, knowledge, and expertise in high-end residential properties. Anderson, (DRE Lic#01818775) joins an...
Machen MacDonald: What are you worth?
Are you in a service business? Is there enough demand for your services for your business to thrive? Do you have competitors? How much market share do you need to prosper? Do you charge by...
Marc Cuniberti: On fire insurance
The very mention strikes fear in the hearts of homeowners. With the recent catastrophic wildfires wiping clean whole neighborhoods, an unprecedented situation has arisen not only in the scope of the destruction by those affected,...
Just like her grandmother 50 years ago, Shantell Ehrlich launched a successful Grass Valley business by herself
Business-sense runs in Shantell Ehrlich’s blood. Her grandmother, a widowed mother of six, was the first woman in Nevada County to get a bank loan to open her own business in 1968. A proud Nevada...
Solar array installed at Western Gateway Park in Penn Valley
Western Gateway Park in Penn Valley is a community hub of sports, nature, entertainment and many picnics and get-togethers. With electricity available at several of the sites, it was a natural choice that a solar...
Raley’s launches 33rd annual Food For Families Holiday Drive
SACRAMENTO — Raley’s has launched their 33rd annual Food For Families Holiday Drive with the goal of raising 4.2 million meals to help support local food banks throughout Northern California and Nevada. Through their network...
