I'm in the Calif. Foothills, I usually find most things on Craigslist,or the CA Jobs site.

Either you must not be near me, or it isn't the technologies I'm interested in, or I wans't what you were looking for.

I can offer that up in the hills you aren’t going to have a diverse skills environment. Either you will get some home-grown techs (like me), not very many of them, they usually move to SV or somewhere more tech friendly; or transplants from other places. So the more specific you are in what you want the less chance of finding talent. If you are willing to entertain other skillsets (if you are locked-in, maybe add in training option for highly skilled people in other platforms) you might have better luck.

Good luck