friends and relatives according to nevada county consolidated fire district attorney chief spike newby the neighbor saw smoke and called on one newbie said they went to the residence and notified her and she got out safely the cause is under investigation the fire on honey do lane was called in about seven fifteen a m and the fire spread on into the roof soon after firefighters arrived firefighters moved no more personal items and furniture away from the substantial hall the fire burned  after some board members said they'd be more comfortable with an assessor who wouldn't seek to run again after jail flippancy term expires in december twenty six mr dab on you can fill a position not be distracted by running for election said supervisor john spencer recusing himself from the vote was district five supervisor ted owens who recently announced his interest in running for the next assessor term which begins in january twentieth eleven informer says your record in marin county galvan said he wouldn't run for the seat once he finished flippancy term the outgoing assessors plans to retire after nine years of service and then just another story written by dave muller  jonathan rodriguez for the sexual assault charges was postponed monday according to his attorney gary gordon gregor's was convicted in nevada county superior court in the vendor of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a fourteen year old girl in grass valley in june two thousand and eight he's facing a maximum of fifty years to life in prison monday but asked for a new trial instead gregory said he wanted a new trial partially because he did not think gordon adequately represented him gordon said another  tourney will now be selected to review the case and see if there's a claim for a new trial has merit the attorney will report to the court at one thirty p m on january fourth and another story by car making pot could become legal in california for years approve a measure next year allowing people to have small amounts and grow their own voters will get to decide the issue after pro legalize ation group said monday they have gathered enough signatures to put the controversial major and ten ballot it should be legalized any divulge over eighteen in california should be able to use marijuana said john henry invent a county resident who owns the co facts based marijuana dispensary golden state patient care collective henry wasn't sure how the vote would affect his business it's a measure would allow small cultivators to sell their marijuana henry said he hoped stores like yours would be allowed to sell it because he has taken careful steps to comply with state laws you enforcement officials could not be reached for comment monday but both kids share of kids royal district attorney could no previously have opposed medical marijuana dispensaries in the bad economy the ballot issue would legalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for adults twenty one and older residents could cultivate marijuana and gardens up to twenty five square feet city and county governments will determine whether to permit and tax marijuana sales within their borders field poll conducted in a profound fifty six percent of california residents support legalizing and taxing marijuana to help bridge the state budget deficit election officials across california must still validate and count the signatures before the california secretary of state officially places the major on the ballot campaign organizers say they will submit more than six hundred fifty thousand signatures of registered voters next month that's far more than the four hundred thirty four thousand signatures needed to make the november tw ballot said richard lee and oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur and initiatives main backer we'll keep our organiser organizers on the street to keep the momentum going strong but today we're going to clear in an overwhelming victory lisa said monday divided over whether the ballot measure is being pushed too soon marijuana is illegal under federal law but some legal scholars have argued to federal government could do little to make california enforce a drug federal ban drive became legal under state law opponents of the measure content legalization of marijuana will lead to more drug abuse among minors whatever if you increase the availability of a drug you increase its use in you use in use if you decrease the perception of harm you increase its use in you said john redmond executive director of california for drug free use legalizing marijuana does both supporters point a provision in the legalization measure that call for jail time for anyone who sells or gives marijuana to children forbids smoking pot in a public place or in front of minors and that's it for local news today now a special thanks to our smartest and prettiest underwriter insurance information and the woman driving the s u v was deaf the police arrived in information once exchanged and at two p m officers found a mentally disabled man believed to be missing from union city groupon the man was held until one comes could be made public officer i wonder who that was it five fifty two p m a man reported a woman had a car parked in grass valley grocery store parking lot and drove off he offered a description of the vehicle which officers later located woman from the twenty one thousand block of horror rides and a court reporter she and her grandmother were involved in a domestic dispute when a grandmother began to hit or when officers arrived a woman separated and decided not to make a report seven thirty two p m a juvenile boy and his brother centered around concerns concerns are richer nations are trying to kill the kyoto protocol by merging that with a separate negotiating track canal jim all of the chair of the african bloc said poor countries would never accept the bending of the u s s r the kyoto protocol took seven years to enter into force next truly i'm sure there would take more than that even if there will be political world because this process missed and lost all confidence of the main transparency in the most developing countries this is peter was resolved with an agreement to resume informal talks along separate tracks meanwhile outside the summit danish police were intensifying a crackdown on climate justice activists late last night while this was two nights ago right police range copenhagen's and not a man's community of christie christie in the end as it played host to a party of organized protest group by protest group some protesters were said to have some bottles of police and set fire to barricades more than two hundred people were reportedly arrested christina green comes ahead of the massive act of civil disobedience planned for wednesday organizers of the reclaim power action say they'll disrupt the hold a people's assembly giving voice to those calls calling for climate justice and then health care news independent senator joseph lieberman appears to have successfully read the latest senate democratic health care proposal last week announced he would now oppose the measure and lost both medicare provision in the form of government backed insurance plans were excluded on monday lieberman emerged from a meeting with top white house officials and democrat critics senators to say he is encouraged his demands will be met president obama met with top financial executives in white house monday and what he called an effort to encourage lending to struggling americans obama said he asked for more loans to small businesses and homeowners and support for a congressional overall of financial regulations he also said given the difficulty brazenness people are having now as london has declined given the exceptional assistance banks received to get them through difficult times we expect them to explore every possible way to get out to help get our the meeting was held as new figures showed c e o s of the top ten fell or bailed out wall street friends were paid an average of twenty eight point nine million in the three years leading up to the nation's financial meltdown according to public citizens executive average pay this decade lost to five hundred seventy five times the median income for u s families poor guys meanwhile a new york hundreds of protesters marched in the offices of banking giant j p morgan chase to demand better treatment of customers facing foreclosure of the neighborhood assistance corporation of america and any ca said chase policy is our story homeowners out onto the streets you said it's christmas time people are being thrown out on the streets and i think bankers could do more the president is talking a lot about it but he is not require number taking action we want him to take action today to protest was held as part of the n a c ace save the dream to replace your banks to restructure mortgages the group says over three hundred fifty thousand people have taken part reports that u s officials are are going to favor of launching new threatening to tax as a means of pressure on the pakistani government to crack down on taliban leaders get its population eight hundred fifty thousand and then iran and the jailed u s hikers the reigning government has announce plans to try these americans detained after mistakenly hiking into iran earlier this year it's unclear when the trial will begin and what the charges will be applied last month an iranian prosecutor kids the three arrest rematch on monday secretary of state hillary clinton rejected iran's charges she said three young people who were detained by the iranians have absolutely no connection with any of the actions against the iranian state or government course we would always see that even if they did in fact they were out hiking and unfortunately apparently allegedly walk across the unmarked boundary we peel to the iranian leadership to release these three young people and freed them as soon as possible iran's announcement comes days after it called on the u s to release eleven iranian citizens it says were jailed in u s pr the united nations peacekeeping mission in the democratic republic of the congo is pique accused of complicity in the killings of hundreds of innocent civilians and a new report human rights watch says the un mission has abetted the killings of at least fourteen hundred civilians in a number of rapes the report calls on the un to immediately suspend its collaboration with the congolese army and in britain former israeli foreign minister tzipi livni has canceled a scheduled visit after a british court issued a warrant for her arrest warrant cited live needs role in the u s backed israeli attack in gaza nearly a year ago to kill thirteen hundred palestinians most of them civilians it's a first down the british court had issued an arrest warrant for a sitting or former israeli minister the warrant was rescinded after the court determined livni would not be visiting britain and chile is headed to a runoff or after sunday's presidential election failed to produce a clear winner right when billionaire sebastian pinera came out ahead with forty four percent of the vote help face off against former chilean president it wardell fray in a second round next month and back in the united states several and they were groups have formed a new coalition to oppose the war in iraq and afghanistan and other s military actions are proud the group and u s wars has an inaugural rally saturday in front of the white house democratic congress member dennis kucinich was among those to address the crowd he said we have money for war but not for jobs money for war but not for health care money for war but not for education money for war but not for housing money for war but not for peace billions for bailouts bonuses and bombs well he didn't say the three b s idea this is brain court has refused to review a lower court dismissal of the suit against former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and other top u s military officials for the torture of four former corner time obey prisoners last year  right to practice their religion free from abuse is that they did not future prospective torturers can now draw comfort and a canadian actress has been barred from entering the united states to speak out against the upcoming winter olympics in vancouver on friday marla ran a deliberate resistance network said she was detained interrogated for six hours before being returned to canada just said when i arrived in american border i was picked out of a line before i reached my turn to step up to the i was questioned specifically about what i was going to do in portland and question quite extensively about who i knew there and the purpose or why i was going to be there i was subsequently refused entry based on the fact that i haven't been employed for the last three months