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We are so lucky to live near accessible NID trails and back roads to walk or ride while keeping our distance from others. Trails like Lower Colfax Road, the Old Downieville Highway and Hirschman’s Pond in Nevada City are some local favorites.
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This Curried Winter Squash Soup recipe comes from the Riverhill Farm newsletter. Butternut squash was exceptionally abundant this year, but other winter squash could work here as well.
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There has never been a better time than now to analyze our life habits and make some changes. This stay-at-home order gives us all an opportunity to reflect, grow, expand, eat better and find new passions. In 2020 life seemed like a Surround Sound Soup of dark and dire predictions, conflict, loss, and economic woes. I am curious and excited to see what 2021 will bring.
Friday
4:03 a.m. A man in the 200 block of Sierra College Drive reported he was freezing and wanted information on shelters. He was wearing shorts.
9:35 a.m. A caller from a business in the 1900 block of Nevada City Highway reported a possible skimming device at a gas pump.
10:05 a.m. A caller from the 900 block of Golden Gate Terrace reported vandalism to a school van in the parking lot, with the catalytic converter cut.
11:50 a.m. A caller from the 200 block of Ocean Avenue reported a scam.
3:25 p.m. A caller from the 500 block of Fawcett Street reported a motorcyclist hit a parked vehicle and left.
Friday
1:41 p.m. A caller from Highway 49, near Lime Kiln Road, reported two semi-trucks unloading gravel and doing U-turns in the roadway.
2:46 p.m. A caller from Dog Bar Road, near Leitner Drive, reported there was a horse in a pasture with an injured leg, sometimes lying down. The caller requested a welfare check.
3:07 p.m. A caller from Squirrel Creek Road, near Sadie Lane, reported a vehicle had been parked for a while, with someone possibly sleeping in it.
Saturday
10:28 a.m. A caller from Lower Colfax Road, near Galilee Court, reported a suspicious subject was in their area the previous day. The caller stated that after confronting him, he said he was lost and drove away.