Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 11:5.mp3 Air date: 2026-11-05 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 34.0 MB to 6.8 MB --- transcript --- Hey, is this Jerry? It is. How are you? Hi, Jerry. Did you just say you were going to move away from the phone or something? No, no, no, no. I was talking to Heather here in the office. Okay. All right. So yeah, Heather, that's the young woman to whom I send our Bloody Mary Mix winner's names. That's correct. Yes, yes, yes. She's been with you a while and does a great job, I would imagine. Since she was a child, she tells me. Since she was a child. Okay. And what is Heather responsible for there at Serino's? Well, Heather takes care of our payroll and the office and does a multitude of other things as well. So she is irreplaceable, is what you're telling me. They all are. Yes, they all are. Yeah. Especially Jerry Serino. And I want to thank you for bending over backwards and allowing us to do this program from the studio today. As you know, Tom is out and he is working on his health. And you can actually make a donation. I'm saying this to everybody, not just to Jerry, but at knco.com, you can donate to Tom's GoFundMe page. Well, Jerry, are you planning for the holidays? What's going on with Serino's? We are. And thank you for bringing up that GoFundMe for Tom. We put that on our Facebook and we're all participating here. And Tom is a big part of this community, as well as all of the personnel at KNCO. I can't wait to have him back, actually. Right. I am sure. I understand being shorthanded. But speaking of shorthanded, we have 54 other people here that operate this restaurant. And most of them have been here for years and years and years and years, as they tell me, half of their lives at least. But nothing better than a wonderful lunch at Serino's. Get out and see this incredible fall colors. Drive around town, come down and enjoy a beautiful lunch and all the color that we have free. The color is just magnificent this morning. Birthdays, anniversaries, family gatherings, we do it all here. And be sure to let us know when you dial 477-6000 that it's your special day, because we've got something very special for you. But we hold that and we keep that as a secret until you're here as a surprise. Now, we're booking up. I was just looking at the reservations today. We're booking up for Christmas parties. It isn't too early to start thinking about that. Office parties, family parties, just get together, friends, get on our books, 477-6000, because we hate to say no when you're anticipating a wonderful lunch or dinner at Serino's. And nothing's better than a dinner and a show at the Del Aro or at the Center for the Arts or any of the other great artist venues that we have here in the county. But you make reservations. It's very, very important so that we have a wonderful table for you. It's 477-6000. That's Serino's and Main Street at 477-6000. Yeah, that was a wonderful meal that we had for Christmas, the radio station staff, a couple of years ago, a Christmas meal. And it was a huge table. And we had a lot of people, because when people heard that we were going to Serino's, a lot of folks I didn't even recognize were there that supposedly work for the radio station. They'll do that when you call a party. But we have several tables that we had them after the post-COVID era when we closed for 15 months, and we anticipated getting rid of them. But we have so many families that come in every night and book those tables up. They're a permanent part of this restaurant. I love to see families. I love to see people enjoying the relationship of the family gathering and the table where everybody gets a chance to contribute in the conversation. And that's just the atmosphere that we have here. We've got a wonderful bar where the adults can enjoy themselves as well. And we have booths and every type of accommodation that you can think of, plus wonderful food. These are primarily family recipes, and the staff has been with us for years, and they know how to take care of you so that you have a good time and you're never disappointed. So thank you, Mo. Yes, thank you. And what is the best way? It's best to call, right, rather than go to the website. Definitely. It's best to call 477-6000. It's easy to remember. Give us a call or look us up at serenos.com, and you'll enjoy, guaranteed, the best evening that you can have in Nevada County. Jerry, thank you so much. We'll talk to you next week. Thank you, Mo. Bye now. I'm Chris Gilbert with the KNCO Local News Update. Leading by over 400 votes on election night, Scott Beasley and Bob Branstrom are optimistic about being the two new members of the Grass Alley City Council in December. They would replace Hillary Hodge and Haven Caravelli, who didn't want to run for new four-year terms. Beasley was the top vote-getter, with a slim lead of 15 votes over Branstrom, and Peavey was third among the three candidates. Beasley told us that there's potential for a pretty tight city budget next year, while at the same time, he heard many residents ask for a greater police presence. Literally during my canvassing, I had an unfortunate e-bike accident. So, again, depending on the neighborhood, there's some attention to e-bikes. Other neighborhoods want to see a little bit more action around homeless, and I was hearing people are hoping that they get more support, which would come from Health and Human Services at the county, or some people are looking for more enforcement for loitering around businesses there in the basin. Meanwhile, Branstrom wants to see more progress by the city in providing more affordable housing. He noted that there are three developments being planned that would provide about 100 more homes and apartments, and with market rates as well, he says. Branstrom also wants the city to work consistently with Hospitality House and Habitat for Humanity in providing more reasonably priced housing, but he says his top priority will be taking more strides in reducing the wildfire risk. He says that includes more neighborhoods joining firewise communities, which could help reduce overgrown vegetation and help address wooden fences that are too close to homes. Branstrom would be rejoining the council after a two-year absence. He was unseated by Council Member Joe Bonamolo in 2024. And looking at the two open seats on the Nevada Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees, incumbent Olivia Pritchett leads Nina Kopp, 60 to 39 percent, and Tim Drew leads Keith Allen, 59 to 40 percent, to replace Ken Johnson, who did not seek another term. And looking at local ballot measures affecting western Nevada County, Measure Q has 61 percent support for updating Nevada City's short-term rental regulations, and the Pleasant Ridge School District bond measure, Measure M, has 66 percent support, just under the two-thirds requirement that's needed. It's unknown at this time how many ballots still need to be counted countywide, and the next vote update isn't until Friday. For other local election results, go to the Nevada County Elections Office. I'm Chris Gilbert, KNCO News Talk 830. This from the KNCO B&C ACE Home and Garden Center Weather Center. ACE is the place. Here is your forecast on KNCO News Talk 830. Sunny with a high in the mid-60s today, a very light wind. We will be clear overnight till 043, and then sunny, not as cool, with a few passing clouds on Friday, our high 68. Friday night's going to be clear, our low in the mid-40s, and then for Saturday, sunny and dry, with a high in the upper 60s to around 70. For weather anytime, click on the weather center at knco.com. I'm meteorologist Dan Holliday on KNCO News Talk 830. It is 1139, 61 degrees, and time to chat with Rick Fisher, financial advisor with Ostro Financial Consultants, LPL Financial, member SIPC. So you see what happened there, Rick? I convinced Dan Holliday to provide that beautiful weather forecast. Okay, well maybe, I wonder, can he do anything about the stock market? Oh, I don't know if he has any say in that, but I'll check with him tomorrow. It's sunny out here in Nevada County, but it's not very sunny on Wall Street. It's a dark day, is it? Yes, so yesterday we had a surprisingly great day, and now we're giving it all back, and then some. So right now, we've got the Dow down 1,662 points to 51,694. S&P 500's off of 301 points to 7,387, and the Nasdaq's down almost 5%, down 1,267 points to 24,469. Taking a look at commodities, crude oil's popped back up, up $2.46 to $90.58 a barrel. Gold's up about $38 to $4,111 an ounce, with silver basically flat, down just a penny to $52.27 an ounce, and the 10-year Treasury, currently we have that yield at 4.83, so bonds are going up and stocks are going down. All right, and we'll get an update from you right after the 5.30 newscast this afternoon. So until then, this has been Rick Fisher of Ostroff Financial Consultants, Inc., LPL, inviting you to call us at 273-4425 and discover the difference when you think beyond investments. Have a wonderful afternoon. Securities offered through LPL Financial, member FINRA SIPC. Investment advice offered through Ostroff Financial Consultants, Inc., a registered investment advisor, and separate entity from LPL Financial. Discover the stories that shaped Nevada County on History Unfolded, hosted by Tom Fitzsimmons and myself, Mike Stewart, with special guests the second and fourth Mondays at 9 a.m., brought to you by Mowl Paint & Glass, serving Nevada County since 1949, and Smarter Broadband, local, reliable, high-speed internet. Don't miss the voices, the stories, and the history that make our community unique, right here on KNCO News Talk 830. KNCO News Time. It is 1141 and 61 degrees. Mo Howard filling in for Tom Fitzsimmons. And once again, you can head to our website knco.com and hear Tom's message. And if you'd like to make a donation, his GoFundMe is active. And it's Thursday, so it is the day in which we have the pleasure of speaking with members of the Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council and somebody who is also in law enforcement, probably a part of that council as well, Mike Bratton. Good morning, Mike. Good morning, Mo. There we go. Yeah. Yeah, we're here. Yes. Yeah. Thank you, gentlemen, for coming in a little early. I really appreciate it and for making your stop here. And I don't know if you're going to go over to Serino's afterwards and get a meal or not. But that's one of the disadvantages of when we have the program here, is you don't get the meal. You don't get the free lunch. Yeah. And it's always a good one. It always is. Yeah. Serino's does a great job. Never disappoint there. And public information officer and all around great guy, Sean Armacher, here as well. Good morning, Sean. Good morning. Happy to be here. Yeah. And I appreciate you making the trip in. You didn't exceed the speed limit on your on your way in, did you? No, not at all. I'm actually out working the beat today. And so I just took a break and swung in here to Cancio. So if you did exceed the speed limit, would you pull yourself over? I don't know if I can do that. Yeah. So before we get into talking about I'm sure there's increased patrols that are going on now. I know I've seen I've seen some some vehicles on my commute in the morning and I'm driving in at 430 this morning. I've seen increased patrols out there. Yeah, we've got a we're as fully staffed as they're going to let us get for now. I sure wish we could always get more guys, but I guess we got to leave a couple for other areas. But but we're fully staffed here in Grass Valley. So we've got a lot of young guys out there who are ready to patrol at all times of the day. And I'd say it's probably gone the ways of the the very old school highway patrol officers who are ready to retire just coming to Grass Valley. We've got a we've got a new young crew here and are motivated to go look for DUIs and and try to reduce that mileage death rate. Okay, yeah, I usually drive highway 20 up here and I say I saw at least two vehicles parked on the side of the road there on my on my commute, which actually I prefer because I'm one of those that kind of is obeying the speed limit all the time and and I see a lot of drivers that that do not. So I really appreciate that they're out. Yeah, no, we're we're happy to be out there and we're having a lot of fun. We got a really good good group of guys too. And Mike, can can you talk a little bit about the contributions of the Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council that helped to make maybe their jobs a little bit easier in those departments? Certainly, yeah, the Nevada County Law and Fire Protection Council was created 20 plus years ago by Bill Drown, who was a volunteer Grass Valley police officer. He wasn't a police officer, he was volunteer, but he got the idea of let's start this group of people that want to help first responders with monies that they don't don't have to purchase things that they need for for their jobs, you know, for safety equipment and training equipment and also going to training classes and different things like that. So that was created by Bill and his group and and we've now raised the council's now raised over $1.4 million in that 20 plus years to put back into Nevada County Law and Fire and first responders and and we do things like like I said training and we purchased radios and we purchased hoses and we purchased drones and and just gear. We've we've helped with training classes and sent officers different places and and just a multitude of things because you know they have budgets and a lot of things that they need they they have to wait for and so if we can help fund that that's what we do and we do that by our membership and we do that by the red light ball is our biggest fundraising activity of the year and that's coming up in May of next year. It's an annual event May 15th, 2027 and it's going to be out at the Castillo Vista Estate which is a kind of a new venue in the in our area and it's a beautiful place and so we're very excited to be able to host that red light ball and and maybe put some guys in coats and jackets and and ties and all that kind of stuff and make it maybe a little bit more formal but you know Nevada County come as you are and and and enjoy yourself and help us raise the funds to put back into the community and it's just a wonderful experience and and and on top of that second reason that council was created was to bring the different law and fire people together and so we meet we meet once a month and we have anywhere from 25 to 35 people that show up and they're officers and fire chiefs and and first responders and and county council and and and so forth and and uh it's it's it's a it's it's a way for them to get together and and get to know each other better because they're all doing their own jobs they're all in a lot of their own jurisdictions and you might have somebody from the Penn Valley fire area and somebody from the Washington fire area and and they don't get to see each other or communicate much but this is a way for them to get together and and feed off of each other and and talk about what their needs are and what's coming up and and what they've just dealt with so it's it's a really good thing to put the put the first responders together to know each other and get to know each other better so and the council gets to sit and hear this and it's you know the room is confidential uh and and uh so it's just it's just a really good program for our community and it's one of us it's one of a kind it's one of a kind and and I can say we're looking for people to join uh go on our website and look at the Nevada County fire uh Nevada County law and fire protection council it'll pop up for you and there's information on that there's information if you're interested in joining but even if you're not information and joining and coming to meetings it's a way for you to support because we're always looking for raising money and and I think every business in town should you know uh be a member of it you know donate you know 100 bucks or 500 bucks a year to it and uh help us do more for our first responders because who's more important in the community than our first responders I always say that and one of one of your members is the father of the gentleman who is seated to your right and uh what have you seen Sean as far as uh the contributions made by uh the organization that uh your father Buckley and that Mike belong to yeah my dad Buckley was the president until he uh he timed out and uh it's amazing how much the uh the council has done for all all law enforcement and fire uh it doesn't matter which department you are if you you have a need and you don't have the budget for it people come to the law enforcement fire protection council and and they'll provide and it's an absolute uh amazing and we're super fortunate to have that here in Nevada County yeah it's it is very unique from what I understand um I'm not aware of any other area that has uh such an organization that supports uh the the fire and police department this way I don't believe there is Mo I don't believe there is yeah so so thank you and we have a lot of fun too and and we get to know the officers and chiefs and and uh probation people and and people you want you want on your side and and back to your point Mo it's nice to see our CHP officers and we see a lot more today which is wonderful I see them on the freeway and uh just around and I always say I'd rather see them sitting there slowing traffic down than pulling up behind me yes and and you know uh that that's uh I totally agree with that and you know we need to take a quick break here and we'll come back and we'll talk more and um I know that the turkey trot has has evolved a little bit so I don't know if you have time to get into that but uh if you don't mind and so we'll be back in just a couple minutes here at KNCO News Talk 830. 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And KNCO News Time it is 11 53 currently 61 degrees. Mo filling in for Tom Fitzsimmons on this Thursday. It's On the Town which is brought to you by Serino's today and our guests are Mike Bratton from your State Farm Insurance fella and also Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council member and Shawn Armacher Public Information Officer here in this county. Thank you gentlemen both for coming in today we appreciate it and Mike if you don't mind I know that the turkey trot you know did you know Thanksgiving is three weeks from today? Yes I know Mo and I've been looking at the forecast and so far it's going to be a nice day for the turkey trot. Yeah and it's it's changed a little bit I think the basic the basic parts of it are the same but can you tell us how it looks different this year? Well it looks different because the Bratton family has passed it on to two great organizations that have come together and created a new 5013c a new association and it's the Nevada County Turkey Trot Association and that is driven by the Grass Valley Police Association or foundation Grass Valley Police Foundation and and a new day and so the two groups have come together and they've created a board and you won't know the difference that the turkey trot will mainly be pretty much look the same as it always has except for some new people running it which is a wonderful thing. So go online fill out the registration form make sure you do it before in the next two weeks so you can get a t-shirt and there'll be two to three thousand people that will show up for it and it's a wonderful way to start your Thanksgiving morning. So two to three thousand and how does that compare with when it first got underway? Well when we started this will be the 21st seats 21st running of it. First year we had about 600 people and it's grown to as many as 4,000 that show up so it's it's a wonderful wonderful way to start your Thanksgiving morning to look out at the people and rub elbows with your friends and family and and just maybe take a quiet moment and say thank you for what we have here in Nevada County. I remember seeing some pictures from above I think it was last year that show it looks like looked like a like a baseball crowd like people at a game on a sporting event. Well there's there's I know we've had as many as 5,000 at Friday Night Lights before but and those are in the stands and bleachers and brought in bleachers but when you see pretty much the whole football field covered with people it's an amazing sight. Well we're looking forward to it and Sean what can you tell us about what's what's what's coming up with the with with your department? Yeah so I have scheduled for December 7th it's a Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the CHP office a Start Smart class. Start Smart is for newly licensed or going to be licensed young people and their parents to come out to the CHP. We talk about driving safe, we talk about what you can do in case of emergencies, we talk about the graduated driver's license program as well as the responsibilities for both the new driver and their parents and just because they're we're really trying to push a little bit more safe drivers for these for young people because traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for Americans from 15 to 20 years old so so it's a free two-hour class that's going to be at our office and I'll be hosting it. And this is for those young people who are thinking about beginning to drive? That's right for those either either just about to get their driver's license those 15 year olds who are trying to get their permit all the way up to 19 years old you already have your driver's license but just want to learn more and or and their parents their parents are absolutely welcome to join and it also gives them a the chance to look at us and and talk to us and see that we're normal human beings and that if they were to get stopped or get into a crash not to be afraid of us and just it's a really good program that the CHB has been putting on for quite some time and and I'm trying to really bring it back and start having a couple classes a year not only at our office but possibly at some of the high schools as well. Are you conducting the class? Yeah I'll be the officer who's conducting the class. Oh great because you you raise a family here you want to make sure everyone stays safe you've got a son how old is your son? My oldest is 13 he's you know it's scary to see and think about that they that he's going to be driving here in just a matter of years and I would like for for not only his age range but the several years older to just think about how how much a life could be changed in a crash. Yeah and do you do you think about that when you maybe chance upon a young driver that oh this this could be my son in a couple of years? Yeah I absolutely do and so I try to try to bestow upon them a little bit more education than just enforcement sometimes that can go further than than a ticket just just talking to somebody about what their their choices and and what could be done and and what could happen at at higher speeds. And what what is the age now that somebody can get a driver's license? So 16 is still the age that you can get the driver's license and you can you have to have your permit for six months and but that uh but your driver's license for the first year is uh is restricted. Is is there anything else that you wanted to to talk about? Uh just the fact that that uh if you uh want to get a hold of uh and get your son or daughter or you want to be in the class uh four seven seven four nine zero zero or two three zero pio at chb.ca.gov there's an email that you can email to and we'll get you in. Well Mike, Sean, thank you so much for being here today. Thank you Mo. Thanks Mo. Pleasure. Thanks thanks to KNCO. you --- end of transcript ---