know union story written by courtney ferguson this has been in every granny's dream location i thought to myself as i drove down the top where darlene de jesus lives sat in the nearly eight acres twelve hundred square foot tall hole craftsman style home his rustic artistic and inviting surrounded by tall sugar pines and cedars overlooks a large matter where the scar goes on forever joined watching a family of deer gaze graze in the meadow darlene says reflectively they add such a sense of peace to if you love it here she adds in panic lee although you feel this wondrous sense of privacy delis retirement home is an easy walk from her daughter and son in law's home below we've always been a close knit family but that doesn't mean i don't like my he dependents he says darlene and her husband now moved in a few months before christmas two thousand and seven shortly after he passed away surrounded by his family in the same home devastating as it was doing recalls my last remains part of my life in this special home and i'm glad that i do not succumb to temptation to run away this remains our home on our farm that great comfort frequent visits from her family offer it's open yet cozy it's filled with many family photos and antics yet it's stylish and i'm cluttered what's the secret keep it simple darling replies with a smile for example although each area has its own character and purpose i paste paint colors throughout the house the same principle applies to the carpets and the cabinets where you're working with limited space constant duty makes it feel larger than it does it then it is she's followed that same guideline with window dressing it's hard cover beautiful douglas fir frames with drapes or any other one to dressings by the way doug fir is also used in the ceilings doors and trim and a smaller home less is definitely more there is one exception however dilute says you can never have too much light you bundle light enhanced as a space and as natural warms in the south facing passive solar home while we were talking about environmental enhanced meant it's worth mentioning the generous insulation as well as insulated slab edge all around the perimeter of the concrete floor although the outside of the home looks like a real wood shingles it's actually particularly like is the use of heavy chains that hang where you might expect to see down spouse what is simple brilliant idea not only are they maintenance free but as darlene says they're beautiful and i love to watch the rain running down them when it's snowing they look earthly elegant and graceful chain down spots and cottage style floor plan on the floor plan comprises two bedrooms and two bathrooms at either side of the house with an open kitchen dining and living area in the middle i guess have plenty of privacy yet we've got plenty of communal space for informal visiting darling points out the kitchen is modern and easy to clean with earth shade granite counters dressed hickory cabinets and large perfectly organize pantry off the kitchen is a large brightly laundered room with plenty of captions the twelve foot by twelve foot guest room enjoys a meadow view with it has its own bathroom on the other side of the house brush is brass brass safety rails and strategically placed in the blend in with the beautiful tar war there's a safety seat in the shower but again it's discreet and stylish the decor is a quick pick there is a harmony as well as contrast it makes a lot of style that is nostalgic as well as modern a keen gardener darlene is anxious to tackle the lead skipping next to the complete her grandiose granny house in chicago park many who have lost a spouse would be tempted to  abandon their residence this is one home where the dream lives on it's the stories as well as a style that makes an homes an endless source of fascination will be checking out another divan a county treasury soon this is a new article and thing is happening m and described two suspects when officers arrived two men matching the description fled the scene but quickly were caught officers did an area check in cordoned off the area the pair had split up and drop items they had taken from cars along the way he said officers recovered the items which included stereo accessories face plates and circular telephone chargers the officers were able to match them to the burglarized cars several vehicles appeared to have been gone through similar adding and he said the two teens tried to take one vehicle brandon cole painter eighteen years old and a minor were arrested on suspicion of burglary criminal conspiracy and attempted felonious taking of another person's property as well as resisting a peace officer and drunken disorderly conduct to my owner also was arrested on suspicion of violating probation well you see cut to a few dozen probably in a story written by liz keller of the union if former grass valley police department records supervisor pleaded guilty thursday to grand theft by comparison deborah colgan fifty two was charged with embezzling city money totally more than twenty thousand dollars in would collect money from people for fines and fees issue as received for money collected and al city's copy to reflect a lower fee pocketing the cash difference investigators confronted kogan with the theft on may thirty first and she resigned from the city june fifth she was arrested october thirty first d a county superior court judge robert came he can consider it charge of forgery which was dropped once sentence in coogan one thirty p m march twenty third cook is clear he was conditional on her being sentenced to one hundred eighty days of actual jail time and for restitution and city grass valley restitution already has been made the first time felons with no prior criminal history typically receive little or no jail time assistant district attorney and ferguson said but in this case the repeat reception the sophistication shown and the sooner per fence and the impact her criminal scheme has on the city of grass valley demonstrated why her custodial time should be spent behind bars rather than through one of the alternative sentencing options typically available for first time offenders we were greatly saddened by this ex public employee who was granted public trust violated the trust grass valley police chief john foster said but we want to thank the district attorney's office for holding her accountable for her inappropriate actions and hopefully getting back some of the public's trust she took from our haven't reported an i pod was stolen from an unlocked vehicle notice the word on the locked twelve thirty seven p m caller from three hundred block north star players reported to manage taking trash bags they were told not to go through the trash cans in the trash bags  payment on a check and at twelve twenty p m a woman from the fourteen thousand block of pleasant valley road put it you might have been a victim of the mail scam and want twenty nine p m caller from eleven thousand block a pleasant valley road reported vandalism graffiti threats and at three thirty four p m a man from one thousand block of eagle circle reported his barn was broken into and tools and restaurant items were taken he was not sure when a theft occurred and  a call from the sixteen thousand block of pascali road put it a physical fight the victim did not want medical attention three thirty six p m a caller from fourteen thousand block i was forty nine reported electronics and tools were taken from my home during the night and at three forty three p m it woman from a ten thousand block rough and ready highway reported her son was assaulted in front of logical point school and at three forty six pm a caller from twelve thousand block shady lane reported a burglary in east drive reported his brother hit him in the face then left the house the brother then returned with three other people the bouncer said that she would handle the issue the brothers were told his friends were not walk home and would be charged with trespassing if they return boys calmed down now here friday six forty am woman from francis drive reported her children had seen a man on foot with a handgun in front of the house a city police department on thursday at eight forty nine a m a caller from seven hills middle school reported a man came to this girl at about seven thirty am and kept insisting he needed to see teachers that were he had more than twenty years ago he was shaving brushing his teeth in the office he was told he could not be on campus during school hours twelve ten p m call from business on one of the block a broad street reported a man left without pain in ninety three dollars cap his girlfriend agreed to come and paid the next day calls waterboarding boarding torture vote delayed on labor nominee and a study says most reston immigration immigrants crackdown nap in an arizona sh base closure and our first story a bipartisan group of senators is seeking to cut at least eighty billion from the presidential obama's nine hundred billion dollars economic stimulus plan mostly cuts would come to education said if we do not most will flee to sign the american recovery and vet reinvestment act into law an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with catastrophe this is not my assessment this is not nancy pelosi says this is the assessment  an expansion of government health insurance for low income children following congressional approval as last month thirty three billion dollars of state children's health insurance program will be funded in part by tax increases on cigarette packs former president george w bush twice fetal similar measures and a congressional investigation has found that the bush administration over paid tens of billions of dollars in purchases of bank stocks and assets under the wall street bailout the congressional oversight panel says the government spent it any better the number of american workers filing for new unemployment benefits as had a twenty six year high clean for state unemployment insurance is rose by thirty five thousand last week up to six hundred twenty six thousand the key whistleblower in the bernie madoff fraud cases criticize government regulators for ignoring repeated warnings terry mccarthy polis told lawmakers he began warning of securities and exchange commission's officials about made off in two thousand said this as the c didn't take action in large part because incompetence indifference to financial interests he said i gift wrapped and delivered the largest ponzi scheme to them more culpable as also criticised the wall street journal for failing to pick up the story he said wall street journal editor apparently refused to let a senior reporter follow the story after mark open us at tipped him off and the last military tribunal at guantanamo bay has been dropped in compliance with president obama's order to close the same opinion having said that i also believe as president has indicated that those individuals who operated pursuant to a legal opinion that indicated that that was proper and legal ought not to be poor or prosecuted for vote on president obama's labor secretary nominee a democratic congress member hilda solis of california the move followed to disclose your solace hasn't paid a six thousand dollars penalty to settle tax liens as much as sixteen years old the liens came on an auto repair business own solely by their husbands all this conference vote had already been delayed a miss republican opposition to her support for labor groups i guess nobody in government has to pay their taxes get caught in the enforcement national fugitive operations program has billed as an effort to target immigrants posing threats to national safety but according to the migration policy institute just eighteen percent of the nearly ninety thousand arrested had criminal records thirty four percent had no outta any deportation orders but were arrested anyway meanwhile in arizona county sheriff is coming under criticism for parading a group of chain undocumented prisoners through the streets of phoenix  whole rounded up some two hundred prisoners before they transferred to the infamous tent city jail apollo is known for targeting immigrants and arresting them if they can't prove documented  actually closed down a public road in order to create a spectacle of this parade two hundred immigrants in a chain gang early this was days designed to be a public spectacle designed to humility really all two hundred people on the actual immigrant communities generally where he really interested in actually transferring them he would have put them on a bus or on a van you know been last year a group of latino activists in arizona by a lawsuit accusing her of racial profiling and in protesters and journalists during the crackdown in israel and the occupied territories israeli government has deported ten passengers aboard a lebanese ship trying to deliver supplies to the gaza strip ship's owner mohammad us passengers and crew and appealed to the united nations and the european countries to protect the people on board ship and the ship and also to send all the aid supplies on the ship to the people of god we are calling on the people to help another eighteen passengers are believed to still remain in israeli custody the brotherhood ship was carrying sixty tons of supplies including medical aid food and books as israel blocks and ships blocks aid ships from reaching gaza dock workers in south africa are refusing to unload israeli goods at their ports south african transport allied workers union says it will no longer on law israeli ships in solidarity secretary of state hillary clinton repeated the obama administration commitment to fall of the bush administration policy of boycotting hamas she said i would only add that our conditions respecting our mosques are very clear we will not in any way negotiate with or recognize hamas and tell they reunite renounce violence recognize israel and agree to abide by as the foreign minister said the prior agreements entered into by the government has announced it's closing the manis air base because of public opposition and u s refuses to pay higher fees she said it's regrettable that this is under can sit aeration by the government of kurdistan and we hope that further discussions with them but we will proceed in a very effective manner no matter what the outcome of the kurdistan government's deliberation might be so i guess we're going to maybe go to another place over there and open up another base and that's it today's thanks a lot for amy goodman the union and associated press resource member news and we will be talking to you tomorrow hopefully