On this week’s Friday Evening News Magazine, Paul Emery returns with retired Federal Reserve economist Gary Zimmerman to review how the US Economy held up over the past year and what the incoming president will inherit. We’ll catch up with local library employees about their favorite reads of 2024. And April Glaser brings us her commentary on the wildfires currently raging in southern California. The Nevada City based writer and journalist examines what the firestorms mean for such a densely populated area rich in history. Nevada City poet Molly Fisk brings us New Year’s tidings from the ancient Greek and Roman gods in her ongoing Observations from a Working Poet series.