easy for us to go to roseville but it's fun to go to nevada city and grass valley simpson said once you know about all of these things you come back to a couple estimate to spend three hundred dollars a visit a figure that is duplicated many times over throughout the year by other out of town theater goers local residents typically the more affluent ones also help bring up sales for the arts and in turn the local economy they account for the bulk of disbanding on theater tickets all told the arts play a significant role in the local economy even during lean spending times but often are overlooked because of the importance has been difficult to quantify local art representatives say an investigation by the union offered some details for every one dollar spent in arts as much as five dollars is spent elsewhere in the community at restaurants bed and breakfasts shops and galleries theaters generate hundreds of thousands of dollars of annual so sales tax revenue as well perhaps  important arts can help build a more sustainable economy in western nevada county by drawing more new residents just as it has in the past long term residents such as howard peggle a vine of grass valley said they moved here thirty two years ago because of the art culture western nevada county has more entertainment options on per capita audience base bases than virtually any similar sized market more than most markets three to five times that size said lowell robertson president  company in a report the arts and cultural environment along with the quality of schools so your foothills lifestyle and other factors can help bring higher paying jobs to the area said peggy le vine an artist and a board member at the center for the  some residents have been advocating a more concerted effort to bring better jobs here for years and recent study called the saif el report confirmed their beliefs another study is underway by a group of citizens on whether to build a new performing arts center in the area community based support for the arts faces challenges over five years ago the state's fiscal budget crisis forced the california arts council to challenge its funding pool from thirty million to one million men who were our councils disappeared that a county our coun was reduced to a web page the county's performance arts community is thriving thanks to a large part to locals who continue to provide the bulk of the river support said robertson for every one dollar spent in the arts three to five years elsewhere in the community said john blinder president of center for the arts board of directors the rule of thumb guideline he uses is one used nationally by various arts organizations and multiplier effects to nevada county has not been firmly established he said each year music in the mountains for healthier company and center for the arts have combined profits of three million dollars you have to figure is multiplied three to five times the three largest performing art groups impact the local economy by nine to fifteen million blinder said that's a big deal he also added he estimates the center for the arts alone generates two hundred thousand any only in sales tax about fifteen to twenty percent of the visitors come from out of town they're going stores and spending nights at the hotel of the fourteen thousand foot hill theatre company tickets sold annually fifty to sixty percent of those purchases purchasing tickets eat out before a show according to a survey compiled by robertson if you calculate the average male cost of fifty dollars you can translate that to meaningful dollars going to restaurant tours they go hand in hand said buzz crunch one of the owners of new moon restaurant in the better city frequent diners from the bay of sacramento and reno area makes up about seven return visits a year with many including a theater performance or concert local ins in bed and breakfast also prosper from the fluence influence of the downside in is already booked up with outside visitors and while the scenic environmental film festival scheduled for january eleventh through the thirteenth said manager valerie moberg in also fills up for music festivals held at the fairgrounds during the summer months and christmas plays said manager valerie moberg while there are seems to be an understanding that the art gives the economy a financial boost officials tend to overlook the arts because of their hard to quantify it's a whole nother business but it doesn't have a name it's very diverse and it's hard to identify those are the arts are nearly recession proof compared to other business  and appear to be faring well despite a real estate slump in a high gas prices at off broad street theater attendance is on par or slightly higher than it was a year ago and not bradstreet owner was set that was said by broad street owner johns driscoll historically entertainment has given relief as witnessed during the great depression when movie theaters filled seats despite economic despair if your life is bleak you have to have a little joy it's not uncommon for art insouciance looking for quality art to travel from the bear area sacramento and reno to visit julie baker's fine arts gallery in the valley city she built a gallery as a destination through extensive national advertising six years ago i have clients that spend ten thousand that kind of person goes and has lunch at new moon citroen e or sushi sushi q so baker there is also a lot of money in the hills of nevada county coming from urban refugees absolutely i think the visual arts has made an impact on this town to gallery is one of the three forming a critical mass of art centers along with caf venues and show visual art works theatre houses and minors founder in the clubs that showcase live musical talent i think for a very small town it's unbelievable what we have bigger added i agree we have a lot of things here to do and now a sad story tragic shooting deaths of forty year old father and his all to zero home christmas night has been ruled an accident caused by incorrect safety device on the man's handgun an autopsy performed wednesday on pete likely malfunctioned while he and the firearm there was a cable on a firearm lock wrap through the trigger guard the cable was an incorrect locking mechanism for the farm bear while call nine one one nine  pm according to police logs the line went dead and the dispatcher called him back only to get a busy signal there was called two additional times in the following two minutes and he was able to talk to dispatchers on his third call their world said he accidently shot himself in his stomach cheney said he told dispatches the door of his house would lock so margins of personnel would have to break in he died at his home before paramedics were able to transport him emerge y personnel arrived at nine thirty two pm according to police logs barreled was pronounced dead at ten o three p m bear wild was a very devoted father a happy guy and a talented mechanic according to his former coworker and friend as a side business he spoke spanish very well so he was great with our spanish speaking customers barreled moved to nevada county from florida about fifteen years ago and called this area his home he spent the past few years working for a local manufacturing company he had just finished taking a series of classes to become a draftsman i still don't believe this happened bob's even said my heart hurts for his that's it pretty days the justice department has launched a formal criminal investigation into the destruction of videotapes document an interrogation of two prisoners held at secret jails on wednesday tony general michael mccarthy appointed veteran federal prosecutor john durham to oversee the  under criticism from democrats who want an independent investigation from a special counsel and they statement house judiciary chairman john conyers said the probe should expand its scope to include other destroyed evidence and the nature of the that the videotapes captured in california sued federal environmental protection agency for blocking its new rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles california and sixteen other states are true or trying to impose thirty percent cut in dioxide emissions by twenty sixteen the e p a announced its decision less than two months after vice president dick cheney and white house staff members held a series of meetings with executives from the auto industry including the c e o s of for and chrysler chrysler during the meeting is auto executives make clear that there were concerned about california's proposal for stricter emission standards in kenya police fired bullets tear gas and water cannons today at a rally against last month's disputed reelection of president