christopher's old world deli catering company has brought its delicious food and service downtown grass valley you like desserts  open seven days a week he just moved to downtown grass down to a six westminst outside as thousands of acres of public lands burn across the state politicians are calling for more aggressive fuel management including more contact tracks with private lard and companies to reduce the risk of world foreign air pollution it causes at a meeting next tuesday t federal forces lands small from area fires has burned for nearly three weeks making air on healthy degree we've got to be sincere and if you're serious about the environment and air quality then start doing something about it with fire suppression  federal government has limited money to do the work contract to work to private water to give the news is the answer peace and said that doesn't mean go out and clear cut he said most of the fuel reduction work on the top national forest is done by private contractors attracted by the value of timber said walter levy natural resource expert for the forest in recent decades fires have burned hotter and more intensely in california once called the valley of small by early settlers the century of fir suppression has led to the growth of fuels once cleaned up by seasonal i mean fires prior to the gold fields treatment is done if done correctly will reduce the severity and spread of the fire said gary fields force fields manager immediately adopt recommendations made by the top hole basin for our commission in response to last year's angora fire he also called for expedient in the environmental review process for temper harvest projects on state forest lands what you do is strike a deal with lobbying groups a bill bird his folks from the stands office but rushing the environmental review raised alarm for dawn viens a member of this year in nevada group sierra club the reason we put environmental protection in place is because of past indiscretions regimes and we lost a lot of old growth timber and more money is needed to pay for the large and costly task of thinning trees and clearing brush on the forest one third of the funding stream set aside for fuel production is used for planning and environmental review a process that can take years of appeals and litigation  levees we definitely could use more funny fields each year as it's our own national forest received four point five million dollars to plan for and clear brush to enforce and start under burns of six thousand to seven thousand acres is small percentage of that eight hundred fifty thousand acre forest are making a very small dent in what needs to be done out there two or three times more fuel reduction is needed if more money were available his staff could remove flammable vegetation on twenty thousand acres each year and looking for new markets creative markets that use force materials could potentially pay for the fuels reduction in the future that could be one great things we could do to develop more markets if we could come up with markets for france post compost biomass basically we could find a lot of projects without getting additional funds from congress so far the use of small trees and limbs to fire biomass co generation plants in loyalty and rock on have been limited by the high cost of diesel fuel to truck materials from the force to facilities it's not very viable said forest supervisor tom quin in another local story some possible legal snags have not stopped signature gathering to place a new grass valley sales tax before voters in november initiative calls for how percent sales tax that would be used for road and repair and to help build the dorsey dr interchange i think we're close to nine hundred signatures technician of leader and former mayor patty unum said monday that's a group which includes former city council members dean martino and stevie you know could board's opinion was that a sales tax could not be initiated by voters alone ziegler said she's also told city officials that the city council could place the tax on the ballot i have no comment on the memo was a girl said monday i have been talking with the other tourney and he will be doing some follow up and subject yaquis could not be reached for comment but he said last week you thought ziglar and the state board of equalization were wrong the initiative from the voters can legally stand based on past california's supreme court decision c act he said basher or said last week the state tax initiative group has one hundred eighty regular days from may twenty third to gather enough signatures to qualify for the  with the business association could present a conflict of interest with her new duties as a city council sentiment she notified fellow board members of her intentions at a monday night meeting and she agreed to stay on the board for another thirty days to give them time to find a replacement in the meantime sentiment recuse herself from any votes or discussions concerning the d b a she said sentiment was elected to the city council  christopher's old world deli catering government has brought its delicious food and service downtown grass valley you like desserts save your gas and share locally come in and say hi mccain the likely democrat nominee faces an opponent who is opposite of him in every way and iraq war backer who supports free market economics opposes abortion rights and is a republican wanna delights in pointing out the differences and so does and does so often to sure mccain returns the favor at his campaign events with vast disagreements with mccain on everything from economic philosophies to security proposals seem to have given obama license to more aggressively and enthusiastic we go after his judges with the common sense tone and light hearted touch and coaches their criticism while making his core argument again and president bush are the same if you are satisfied with the three way things are now then you should vote for john mccain obama says before rattling off a list of current concerns including rising gas prices home foreclosures and job losses as a country fights two wars then obama promises fundamental change he sought to stay on point with the pitch last week despite to do just that in two allies caused a stir reverend jesse jackson criticized obama war and white comedian vic bernie mac made eyebrow raising jokes during his introduction even so his seemingly unfazed obama tore through the week with a cane and the sides giving the impression that he's becoming at ease with his newfound role and perhaps running for president on the whole at times he came across witty and hip relaxed and confident and much more comfortable than he was during the heat of the primaries perhaps is because there's now a measure of clarity in the race with an opponent from the other camp with a completely different take on issues perhaps it's because polls show obama slightly ahead while mccain has seemed unable to l him perhaps because the campaign days are lighter at least for now regardless bamma will probably would be wise to guard against becoming too comfortable if the primary race taught him anything it's not to take anything for granted or coast through the next few months that may be one reason why the democrats seemingly has been relentless in his contrasting himself with mccain and george your parents obama noted mccain's long support for the iraq war and objection a withdrawal timetable conversed late obama said i so opposed this war from the start and i will bring this war to him later in new york by one noted that mccain wants the landmark supreme court decision that legalized abortion to be overturned wouldn't favor wall street over main street another tactic obama employs is to use mccain's words against him he reads them aloud pausing dramatically and chuckles with the crowd before making his point senator mccain said our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been thirty years in the making and was caused by the failure of politicians in washington to think long term about the future of the country funny said friday in dayton ohio i couldn't also is taking full advantage of the opening mccain presents shortly after mccain economic adviser doug united states a nation of whiners in another recession obama took a stage in fairfax virginia on thursday and used phil graham's comments to portray mccain as part of that let's be clear the economic downturn is not in your head it isn't why i need to ask government to step in to give families some relief mama said make sinjar with an attack  miss you texans the federal government's border fence plans in south texas have been attacked by property owners wildlife advocates and land conservation as the next wave of opponents could come from the water and they're carrying paddles kayakers and can do is will descend on the lower rio grande for events this fall and at raising the rivers profile as a recreation herb and draw attention to the impact the border fence could have been blocking access to the river the rio grande forms texas twelve hundred fifty five mile border from with mexico from el paso to the gulf of mexico but most of the river with the notable exception of the big grand national park is forgotten by the state's tens of thousands of recreational powers those who do use the water share the water with border patrol agents patrolling and bulletproof vest and with smugglers of drugs and people in a recent letter romero red  going through it's ironic that we only learned that the resources was available to us as a result of the government's plan to take it away last caminos del rio the nonprofit group based in mckellen recognized that it's healthy living festival planned for november first to capitalize on any attention to the border could receive before the national election three days later is unlikely to affect eighty five miles of border fence dated slated for completion in texas this year i'm not backing off its fence plans border patrol supports los communities effort to get more people on the river more eyes we have out there the better job we can do said dan donahue folks person from the local border patrol sector for los camino it's del rio more legal activity on the river kayaking canoeing fishing will discourage the legal smuggling activity second director eric hellman says friends of the santa ana national wild life refuge have been given a canoe tours for years without incident his own group has have had hundreds on the river in the past couple years without problems mexicans have a tradition of using the rio grande for recreation already anyone traveling the river is more likely to see people on the mexican shoreline fishies who meet boat there are more public access points and someone has even opened a water ski cademy up river from michigan on the mexican side a leader florist garcia is trying to get something going on the u s side as well but the border fence could kill she and her husband a garcia have been working on their property along the river in los cabos for years they've cleared brush but in the park got a boat ramp they planned to build a large stash pavilion holding fish tournaments and dances garcia recently incorporated her business as the la paloma ranch retreat the defender government has sent her i can condemnation letter boyfriends is planning to run across her property leaving most of it in the no man's land between the fans and garcia has a lawyer and is fighting the government but all other challenges have so far been unsuccessful i need to fight for this little town she said the nature itself is just too beautiful to be blocked by a wall and there you have it for our world news today college driver drove away after being told not to because of the judge you've been given offices contacted the woman who counseled her and at eleven am and yuba city police department in question to check for a person missing from center county who has writing street responding officers were unable to locate anyone setting them off at two thirty eight p m the caller from the one hundred block  vehicle but refused to share his insurance information responding officers made sure he ate and friday at twelve thirty four am a cleaning person at the grass valley library ported a broken window and a don't w emergency medical crew to sierra nevada memorial hospital eleven thirty five a m a call reportedly read new sounds coming into grass valley loaded with marijuana opposite contacted the driver who had medical papers for the marijuana and was in compliance with the law home and hit a propane tank and gasoline as we can from the gulf guard to call your first to california department of forestry and fire protection and a twelve sixteen p m call reported a vehicle drove off with gas in the car still attached to it from kombi road shipping stationery port was taken he never had a city police department on thursday at eleven thirty five p m the caller reported an intoxicated man passed on a county and park police