that fire consumed sixty six thousand acres in california on tuesday it dominated much of the nevada county board supervisors meeting the board pleaded in a letter to the borough of land management to reduce wood fuels on seventeen thousand acres of its property in nevada county to help defend the county from flames the citizens see all this for over fires who want to why b l m can't clean up their own properties or at least allow the public to get on the land and do it supervisor hank west and said why are citizens are required by the state of california to clear fire fields at least one hundred feet from the residences they do not see b l m compline these same regulations weston wrote in a board approved letter in many cases b l m parcels that are choked with flammable vegetation lie less than one hundred feet from residential neighborhoods located on outlying areas the d m l lands are scattered throughout the county but much of it is located in the south you bet and bear river water ships b l m has been helpful with the grants to the fire safe council of nevada county for its chicken program and to the county's world fire districts the letter said fuel reduction projects were needed in the nevada county but federal funding would not only allow them to do that several per year the board letters said it would like to help b l m obtain more funding for projects that are in a june twenty sixth meeting of the fire safe council b l m and california department of forestry and fire protection division chief ken hood said a county fire plan is needed for b l m to budget for fuels reduction here the county plan for our plan has been in the works for the last few years the first draft will be released to the public july twentieth the county planning director randy wilson said a series of public input meetings on the plan will begin the second week in august board members asked for the meetings to occur in eastern and western and southern nevada counties a fire plan committee would accommodate their wishes wilson said the plan has been embraced as common sense by some while others call it a spy loggers to make money property owners have said the plan provisions to have them clear their land could prove too costly and perhaps not even make a dent in areas stuffed with bush and tree fields the california department of forestry and fire protection is updating its fire hazard area maps for nevada county and well  public hearing on the matter nine a m to twelve thirty p m thursday three will be at the center at nine fifteen may do ave in nevada city the maps are used to determine legal requirements fact and property owners for more information call city's water treatment plant is operating at its maximum capacity there is long hot summer days can put a strain on the system with the current weather forecast calling for continued hot weather it's important to conserve as much water as possible please be sure to limit irrigation to the minimum necessary and avoid any water runoff continuing these practices throughout the remainder of the summer season and will help us comply supply you with a continuous flow of water emergencies and for emergencies and drinking there are as many as twenty five small wildfires burning wednesday morning in the top national forest as a result of tuesday's lightning storm authorities reported the fires are scattered throughout sierra nevada and placer county as most of these fires are under an acre and are located in eastern portion of  national forest the largest fire is three to five acres and is located near loyalty and wrestling of the national forest public affairs office said the u s forest service is objective is to hit the fires while they are small at least one hundred firefighting personnel are scattered across the affected areas west point said there are approximately four hundred eleven lightning strikes late tuesday in a national force one of the larger groups of lightning strike slip the area between truckee and sierra vale and many structures around stampede dam the national forest service currently has a spotter plane scheduled to look first from the air it flew once wednesday morning and will fly as needed for smoke detection a helicopter capable of dropping water and fire retardant stationed thirty five miles west of truckee white cloud helicopter base on highway twenty rather forecasters are predicting more thunderstorms today but more rain is expected to accompany the storms then on tuesday when dry lightning ignited the numerous spot fires and now here comes the police blotter and all the pictures in the blotter are not from actual events but used to help as  arrested a juvenile in the back of a school on two hundred block of south street on suspicion of possession of stolen property in violation of probation the second juvenile was cited on suspicion of petty theft and possession of stolen property eight thirty five p m a woman c a man in his apartment was drunk and his music was so loud it was disturbing surrounding tenants police contacted the forty four year old man and arrested him my suspicion of violating probation on tuesday at seven thirteen am a caller from the two hundred block of seven way receiving a letter in the mail from a credit card company denying credit to the caller's eleven year old daughter at nine fifty pm a caller from the seventeen thousand block of alexandria way reported a fight with a neighbor the neighbors threatened to kill the caller's dogs block of zion street reported pain medication and saving bonds were stolen some times over the weekend tuesday at three twenty seven a m a caller from the five hundred block of coyote street reported domestic violence involving a man and a woman and now some other news around the world a new poll shows record public support for impeachment of president bush and vice president dick cheney according to the american research group forty five percent of americans would back impeachment proceedings against bush while fifty four percent w announced she may run against house speaker nancy pelosi if pelosi fails to introduce articles of impeachment against president bush she has said to deadline of july twenty third the same day as you arrived in washington d c from a two week caravan starting  she has a more protest side near president bush's crawford state in the media news the new york times has come out in favor of the u s withdrawal from iraq in an editorial published on sunday the times editor writes it is time for the united states to leave iraq without any more delay than the pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit the times was widely criticized in the lead up to the iraq war for its coverage during the bush administration claim on hussein's non existent weapons of mass destruction but military court has issued a new judgment in the case of first lieutenant ehren watada the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in the iraq war on friday lieutenant colonel john he ruled military officials have the right to charge with tata for a second time taught his lawyer had argued a second trial would amount to a double jeopardy without his first trial and a mis a six years in prison if convicted former u s secretary of state colin powell is claiming he tried to dissuade president bush from invading iraq speaker speaking at the ideas festival in colorado paul said he tried to avoid the explaining to bush the consequences of going into an arab country and becoming the occupiers powell delivered in famous speech alleging iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction at the u n in february two thousand and three just one month before the war abortion family planning group has revealed it once hired republican presidential hopeful fred thompson to lobby on its behalf thompson has openly campaigned as an abortion opponent in his bid for the presidential nomination republican nomination but the national family planning and reprehension health association has revealed it hired dobson to pressure president george h w bush to ban abortion counseling and federally funded clinics thompson's representatives are denying the claims despite several documents showing his involvement in alabama a civil trial begins today accusing the coal company drummond of ordering the killing of three colombian of union leaders in a sworn statement submitted to the trial a former senior official at columbia's executive event to raise awareness on global warming concerts were held in london new york washington sydney and rio de janeiro joanna spurred tokyo shanghai and amber head to new york show gore as the audience members to agree to seven point pledge on saving the earth and then another story out of washington president bush's most recent surgeon general accuses the administration tuesday of muscling him for political reasons on hot button health issues such as emergency contraception an abstinence only education dr richard carmona the nation's seventeenth surgeon general told lawmakers that all surgeon generals have had to deal with politics but none more so than he for example he said he wasn't allowed to make  special a speech at a special olympics because it was viewed as benefiting a political opponent power he said he was asked to speak at events designed to benefit republican lawmakers the reality is that the nation's doctor has been marginalized and relegated to a position with no independent budgets and the supervisors who are political appointees with partisan agendas said come on who served from two thousand and two to two thousand and six responding the white house said carmona was given the authority and had the obligation to the leading voice for the health of all americans it's disappointing to us if he failed to use his position to the fullest extent in advocating for the policies he thought were in the best interest of the nation said deputy press secretary tony fratto we believe d carmona received the support necessary to carry out his mission confirmation hearings are scheduled to be held thursday for dr james hall's paul center jr the kentucky cardiologist bush nominated as the nation's eighteenth surgeon general the nomination has been criticized by and david satter who served nine hundred ninety eight to two thousand one political interference with the work of the surgeon general's appears to have reached a new level in this administration said committee chairman henry waxman of california coopers probably records as the most famous of the previous three generals he said president reagan has pressed to fire him every day but reagan would not in a few coupe said after he left office he had more access to the secretary  released after the administration demanded changes that he refused to make i was told this would be a political document or you're not going to release it i said i it can't be a political document carmona said he believed the surgeon general should show lou the ship on health issues but his speeches were edited by political appointees and he was not told not to talk about certain issues for example he supported a comprehensive sex education that would include abstinence in the curriculum rather than focusing solely on abstinence however there was already a policy in place that didn't want to hear the science but wanted to quote unquote preach abstinence which i felt was scientifically incorrect and now our weather report our main concern today will be the weather in the sierra there's already a red flag warning and a flash flood watch in effect from this afternoon through tonight for the greater toronto area moisture from the south being pulled up by a low off the coast mixed with warm highs in the sierra could produce thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight areas affected by the angora fire have a better chance of flooding from runoff of burn areas highs in a taco area today in the mid to upper eighty's sacramento stockton modesto will see an increase in clouds into this afternoon with highs in the upper eighty's and lower ninety's there is a slight chance of late showers for the valley locations clearing tomorrow with cool daytime highs temperature warranted upper ninety's and close to one hundred for that weekend sounds a lot well that's it for today thanks a lot for watching and we will see you tomorrow