responding to a great demand by the public will george posted preserve middle documents on its website as follow this week following a similar release from placer county the draft documents refines details of the concerts conservation community kept administrative some members of the public demanded to see them once they caught wind of what they suspected was a secretive exchange county released the reports more than a month later after the union made to freedom of information act request and an attorney hired by donner summit homeowners made legal threats ruled gorge was concerned about making a document public figure and people would waste their time viewing their work in progress studies said project manager manager mike in the back to demand to see the documents and zest ins of impropriety but the developers to take proactive steps to make the hundreds of pages documents available online critics aren't impressed it's trying to save face in the last minute said joseph gray one of the homeowners the vax maintains royal gorge is committed to a transparent approach that involves the public the best way to proceed is continuing to be transparent  review of the document shows several changes from earlier plans including an increase of open space from seventy to eighty percent great questions the quality of the open space especially in the area called light camp which weaves cross country ski trails through housing areas they must be calling open space the space between buildings grace said it water supply study is done to find seven viable water sources without dredging including groundwater wells and spilled water from serene lakes reservoirs were needed to store water the study said grey called royal gorge plans for water a hodgepodge of fragile sources next saturday the sierra like water district will host a presentation of the documents at its next board meeting role gorgeous expected to complete a final application for the project earlier this year after making revisions to technical reports  discussing water and sewer alternatives with public utility agencies once submitted the environmental and public review process can commence review the role george documents a w w w dot royal gorge future dot com that's royal gorge future one word dot com as gusts of winds and point rain swept across western nevada county on friday customers hurried t stores to stock up on harsh weather conditions for the weather conditions i am stuck on wood burning feel so i can keep our house warm and we can cook on the stove said lynn byrne of grass valley who bought piles of wood from b and c true value hardware in grass valley i'm going to stores to buy anything i can cook on it would burn instead of as i was camping soups pancake mix and biscuits said she's been living in the area since two thousand and said as far as the wind in the rain goes i've not seen it this bad before even though being to see how the power outage friday morning store employees were letting people in on and hard to see basis and guiding them with flashlights according to manager jennifer poole people were buying would boil lamps tarps kerosene candles flashlights and batteries presidents such as billy white of nevada city who were busy filling their shopping cart at save mart was staples including firewood  power since eight am and we're using a lot of wood white said i want to make sure it's easy for my wife wife said that white said his spouse went shopping thursday just stock up on bread eggs and basic groceries if we ran out of electricity we won't have water as we depend on a well said linda ward who was buying a large supply of bottled water at save mart i have stocked up on soup some canned food brought in wood and brought in a generator up to our deck ward said the rain was the most intense she'd seen in fourteen years in the county save mart started preparing monday for the storm ordering extra wood canned food water bread so we didn't run out said the manager robin nicola people were buying bread canned food lots of bottled water and it's in you could make a quick meal with the safeway store in glen book braced basin was busier than usual as people stocked up on supplies much of the prepared food in the deli case was gone including takeout soup and salads some people were eating lunch in the port of subs restaurant because the power at home went out at s p d market in grass valley people have been shopping to prepare themselves for the emergency for the last two days said manager greg wesley they've been buying stuff like batteries bottled water bread negs he said business has been steady power has been flickering off and on but we've been up and running and yes it's a little bit wet out there though power outages from the storm left most of downtown nevada city dark and deserted kerosene lamps and candles flickered from some bars a cafe diskette pancakes and workers at bonanza market got the customers up and down aisles by flashlights also the street lights in the historic district still run on natural gas so they remained let the scene reminded  the store downtown early days before electricity this is the way they used to like the bars it actually is kind of nice moss said as he sipped on easy glass of wine by the light of a kerosene lamp at the national hotel you know as your crowd gathered up the street at mcgee's where music blared from battery powered radio one light flickered from candles stuck in shot glasses john ruddy nursed a bottle of corps light and pondered how late the bar would stay open they've worked  the last week i guess another major wind and rain storm whipped through the area this is continuing on through friday and saturday downed trees power lines causing widespread power outages fender benders and street flooding to fall weather is expected to continue throughout the weekend rain accumulation could total three to seven inches in syria foothills in the sierra three to ten feet of fresh snow as expected depending on elevations according to the weather service thousands of people in western nevada county were without power late friday and some of them might not get power restored for at least a day or two a p g and e spokesman lisa randell said this is the worst storm i've seen in years said paul perry a long time resident an artist director of music in the mountains who was standing under the awning of the safeway store in glen book basin during a two rental downpour it's a mess out there said grass valley police chief john foster my best advice is to have all your supplies ready and don't travel if you don't need to for p g and e a storm like this happens once every ten years street flooding was prevailing throughout glenbrook bracing and other areas some fender benders were reporting the majority of calls fielded by the california highway patrol were for downed trees not auto accidents or hats or tipped off to the drivers side highway patrol officer nelson is itto drivers have managed to avoid any major accidents intermittent power outages some lasting all day were reported across western nevada county as of friday evening more than twenty four thousand customers in the county still were without power with two hundred  fifty separate outages this included more than eight hundred thousand people in grass valley and more than six thousand in nevada city p g and e has requested additional crews from neighboring utilities in states such as oregon but they are busy with their own outages and cannot be dispatched to help out much of downtown grass valley was without power on friday downtown nevada city also lost its power including city hall the nevada county court house was closed the pine street bridge was closed to traffic because of its blunter in power of those lettered our pool cording to nevada city manager mark miller most of glenbrook basin it also was in the dark the union lost power for about two hours but remained operating on a generator did newsroom continued to post weather updates on the web some of the basins fast food outlets including jack in the box and talk a bell were closed for quite a while at one point to flyers gas station on brunswick and sudden way had a fifteen minute wait time for gas and traffic was backed up on the road according to customers the credit card processing system was down for a while as some as were some others sierra nevada and morial hospital closed its outpatient services the hospital remained open running on a generator power neighborhoods around banner mountain penn valley lake wildwood all to sierra and i maryland and rough and ready north san juan and washington among others also without powers trees were crashing down throughout western nevada county with debris falling on cars and homes three trees fell on northridge drive in the morgan ranch neighborhood of grass valley hitting two homes and causing roof damage one fell across our yard which destroyed a fence and shed said resident herman pagoda no one was hurt it's just going to hurt the pocketbook a tree fell into a home on pine street in grass valley damaging one corner of the house according to sergeant scott telus of the city police department ports of trees on houses in alarm sound in occurred throughout the area another pine tree fell into a home on the duke street and carroll street was closed because of trees on the road no injuries reported from these tree incidents a tree fell into a vehicle near peterson's corner nor san juan said resident mary oh august the jeep is beyond repair said paul august her husband we're getting some really strong g large oak tree uprooted her yard on skipper court in lake wildwood on friday morning and fell on her pickup truck said resident dena lima the truck was not damaged but the crash broke the concrete on her driveway by the way this out picture is not from that of it is just depicting what's company tree crashed into a mobile home in rough and ready highway said owner david kale he retreated to a neighbor's home another tree fell on r uber river bridge in bridgeport down trees and road hazards also were reported at trotta road at mcnall your road near lake of the pines as well as wilder road rich drive and dog bar road near all to sierra interstate eighty was closed in both directions from applegate placer county to the nevada state line because of blizzard conditions caltrans highway twenty also was closed an eastbound traffic from nevada city up to i eighty through locals with i the locals with i d s were allowed to pass through conditions can change during the day drivers should call caltrans road information at one eight hundred four two seven seven six two three before leaving schools are closed for the holiday break the storm was strong enough that barber rare owner of the bank street cafe in downtown grass valley wouldn't permit one employee to walk to work friday morning instead she gave the woman a ride she shouldn't walk in this she said we're hoping for sunshine sooner or later and that's it for local news today as she tapes in two thousand and three kenya police block opposition rally for consecutive and nine palestinians killed in israeli attack on gaza four killed and fifty injured in turkey's bomb tests this democrats republicans and independents to stand up and say that we are one nation and we are one people and our time for change has come former senator john edwards narrowly beat senator hillary clinton for second place both receive just under thirty percent support  bring rally edwards was introduced by his wife elizabeth she said i'm glad to introduce the next president of the united states in the second place winner in iowa john edwards john edwards said thank you thank you thank you elizabeth very much one thing that's clear from the results in iowa tonight is it's a state whole lost and change one status quo lost in this change once our best kerns third place finish comes just months after polls showed her with a wide lead but democrat reiver speaking to supporters in iowa clinton vowed to continue her bid she said what is most important now is that we go on with this contest that we keep focusing on two big issues and that we correctly the question that each of us has post now was how will we win in november two thousand and eight by nominating a candidate who will be able to go the distance and who will be president on one day i am ready for that contest  mexican governor bill richardson placed fourth with two percent senator chris dodd and joseph biden both announced they are dropping out of the raised after placing in fifth and sixth place on the republican side m huckabee won with thirty four percent of the vote over the washington post described as a divest the blow to former massachusetts governor mitt romney mitt romney said because tonight what we have seen is a new day in american politics a new day is needed for american politics just like a new day is needed for american government tonight it starts with iowa but it doesn't end here it will go all the way through the other states and sixteen hundred pennsylvania avenue ave romney received twenty five percent of the vote after outspoken  to be seventeen to one former senator fred thompson narrowly beat senator john mccain both had about thirteen percent of the vote congressman ron paul placed fifth with bought ten percent former new york mayor rudy giuliani play six with about four percent of the republican vote th easily beat giuliani and raise nineteen million in the last quarter fox news has barred him from participating in sunday's to bathe in new hampshire the does morning register reports an unprecedented three hundred forty six thousand democratic and republican iowa  turned out this year is by to record breaking turnout it means that only about twelve percent i was total population took part in a caucus the bush administration is restricting state efforts to expand eligibility for receiving now to care under medicaid the new york times reports white house officials have told state negotiators they plan to impose the same curbs as those on the state children's health insurance program last week