a story written by they've muller in an emotional hearing tuesday night pleasant ridge school parents planted with officials to keep it open by turning it into a charter school they could operate pleasant ridge union school district superintendent  has said the closure of the popular school is on the table in order to make up a budget deficit that could reach one million over the next two years the board gave parents a herion after they presented petitions october thirtieth asking to turn the elementary school into a charter school no decision will be made on the proposal until december fifteenth at their board meeting in a story written by michel rebels if that account nevada city council members reviewed we're working with ordinances banning medical marijuana dispensaries and smoking in parks meeting last night smoking in parks was banned for six months trial period after council approval in two thousand and seven new ordinance would make the banned permanent separate ordinance will ban medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits the council voted their dispensaries down in september and we're going to drive to the ordinance in that meeting the council will also review of solar farm project at old nevada city airport chevron energy of division of chevron cor feasibility study this month to determine the system would have virtually no negative environmental impact you would not be visible from surrounding residences the proposed project would generate about one thousand kilowatts of energy during most of the year  cost six point five million according to nevada city engineer william falcone eventually the system will provide revenue for the city if the council chooses to proceed chevron which would draw up plans for the system for sixteen thousand dollars the meeting held last night at seven o'clock and knowledge you know what happened i don't know yet tom i'm doing is another story written by they have mulder attention signature gatherers gatherers have hit the streets and hopes of convincing and about a county board of supervisors against contracting operations of public library to a private company petitions will eventually be presented to the board according to them madeleine helling former county library and who is working to keep the libraries under county management and will give us a sense of people carrying helen said tuesday both the friends of nevada county libraries and friends of truckee library say that outsourcing could drive off dedicated employees during the recession in fear and out of area private company would not care about local needs county officials have been looking for ways to address an estimated four hundred thousand dollar library budget shortfall that is expected to get much worse in the next two to three years and sales tax continue to do until one option being exploring is to contract with a company to manage a lot of very operations a move designed to save money through lower operating costs two companies have expressed an interest in operating the libraries and expected to make proposals by the thursday deadline there are nested sixty seven thousand library card holders in  economy in the meantime the democratic county library foundation has also joining to friends club in an attempt to slow the process without taking any formal stance for or against outsourcing the friends of the truckie library would like to scrutinize those numbers as part of the concerns according to an opinion piece written by serious sun newspaper by club members ruth hall and pam mack do we really feel as though the county library can come up with a belt tightening ansermet do mcadoo said tuesday we feel we could lose the professionalism of our staff in a side concern the truckie group fears a proposed western county idea of increasing one eight cent county sales tax to bolster the libraries would detract from the future there we're looking to build a new library appear to do said this tax proposal could be confusing to our people it could cloud the issue library foundation board member tom dunn ham said the panel had recently contacted county officials asked asking them to take more time before making a decision we were assured by the county that the public will have plenty of time to review the offers and proposal information denham had added the citizen oversight committee for the library and not take a position on the outsourcing because it will be included in the scrutiny of the proposals according to the chairwoman christine trust or i'd like to keep us out of the political part of this  assistant county executive officer laura madison this week wonder if there is some urgency to address and budget shortfall before it worsens nevada county librarian mary and trig recommended closing both the bear river and doris foley historical library earlier this year but county supervisors balked after hearing from several a lot of very advocates the friends of the nevada county libraries group has made an initial offer to help operate to doris foley has took a lot of very as a last resort and another story by dave miller a long time nevada county government critic bill steele has announced plans to run for the soon to be vacant treasurer a tax collector's position i feel our county has gone completely haywire in fourteen different directions steele said well officially announcing his candidacy to the union still said the back to back resignation announcements last week of treasurer tax collector christina davus and assessor dale flipping also bother jim steele once ran for congress and worked with the jarvis dam group to get proposition thirteen passed in the late one nine hundred seventy s the north san juan businessman has been a frequent writer of letters to the editor of the union steele has been in contact with the county grand jury often was allegations about county government spending and practices he has been particularly vocal about his disdain i'll cherokees well runs his department candidates for both offices and paul initial papers for office january fourth at the county elections office in about a county road center nine fifty may do ave a better city and that's it for the local news today and now another thanks to one of our underwriters especially if you're that's right plan it's time for the police blotter in the pictures of the blotter not from these actual events but use for a visual aid only grass valley police department on monday eight o seven a m a caller from twelve hundred block of east main street reported a rock had been thrown through a window nine am a call from a business in a five hundred block of east main street reported someone had shut off the power overnight and at nine seventeen a m a caller from elizabeth daniels park reported finding drug paraphernalia ten forty a m caller from twelve hundred block east main street reported vandalism and at ten forty one am a caller from twelve hundred block of east main street reported it broken window and a tall forty six pm a caller from the one hundred block of bank street reported finding drug paraphernalia in the bathroom and i want twenty five p m caller from east main street burial drive reported to man lane in the road he was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public three forty five p m caller from memorial park reported finding a syringe and a four seventeen p m caller from one hundred block of kathleen way reported a woman trying to run over her husband in an s u v she was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse and assault with a deadly weapon and at ten o five caller from business on nevada city highway reported a shoplifter who was cited and released and tuesday three fifty six a m a caller from three hundred block of carroll drive reported dog had been barking for twenty minutes for staying and attend sixteen am a juvenile from levon thousand block of spence phil road reported his father had choked him the mother reported the juvenile was throwing things and had attacked his father prince to don't want to press charges seventy norco pills were taken from her unlocked vehicle someone had left a note inside the vehicle that said her tire was low and she thought medications might have been taken at the same time noticed the word unmarked twelve sixteen preamp a woman from ten thousand block boulder hill drive reported her son called her you know violation of a restraining order you also would kill the snake and put it in her garage twelve twenty four p m i women from to eleven thousand block france drive reported her neighbor's dog had possibly was possibly vicious and never was becoming hostile twelve thirty p m a caller from fifteen thousand block little valley road reported hearing loud argument lot of glass breaking it was a verbal dispute only one thirty seven p m a woman from sixteen thousand alexander way reported her ex boyfriend stole her cable box transmitters and receivers two eighteen p m call from helen while reported man was becoming upset about a transient and a threatening and threatening a library staff and three fifty one p m a call from twelve thousand block rainbow road reported finding stolen items in a tenants apartment and at four o two p m a caller from wayne brown correctional facility reported an inmate had assaulted another inmate and that for all three pm a woman reported a person drugs behind the school five thirty nine pm call from twenty one thousand block of brampton court reported a physical fight between a man and his son an ambulance was requested and at five forty p m a call from i would forty nine a reported shooting for forty five minutes it might have been target shooting at six fifty five p m call from a business on eleven thousand block close male pleasant valley road reported a man i'd applied for a job was causing a disturbance and yelling about discrimination he was advised to stay away from the store and at seven forty four p m i went from hidden ranch road reported your twelve year old was home along along alone and was hearing someone tapping on the window the valar arrived only found of food delivery on the porch from a neighbor and at eight from seventeen thousand block of the green horn road reported a burglar with a large amount of change and two thousand dollars of cash taken and tuesday twelve twenty five a m a call from fifteen thousand walk a lewis road reported a verbal dispute over loud in israel to build nine hundred new homes in east jerusalem settlement and in a landmark ceremony also salvador honors slain just release on during congress delays vote on the layers return and five to death in iran death in iran for protests in a protest rally in chip the senate preserves funding for get more transfers and public campaign forces apparel giant to rehire unionized workers and you are you see grad student ago before the onset of the nation's financial meltdown the four largest firms goldman sachs merrill lynch morgan stanley and j p morgan chase took in twenty two point five billion in profits through september the top six banks set aside one hundred twelve going for salaries and targets for emission cuts at next month's climate change in copenhagen on tuesday president obama and chinese president hu issued a joint declaration saying an agreed outcome in copenhagen should include emission reduction targets of developed countries the bomb administration has already announced it will only reach an internal political agreement in copenhagen what postponing the binding treaty until next year bomber wraps up his visit to china today well this was yesterday the new york times reports the white house had declined proposals for  brief meetings with chinese political activists and lawyers during obama's trip and the senate meanwhile has followed obama's deferral of a climate treaty with a delay of its own on tuesday senate majority leader harry reid said climate legislation will now be put off  said they world is awaiting concrete action from the u s on climate change and also said we all know the difficulties with the american senate but i also hope that our american friends feel that there is worldwide expectations that they will deliver in copenhagen i must say that i also interpret what president obama said today and also what he said in the conjunction went to apec meeting that they know they have to deliver also figures in copenhagen outside climate talks dozens of protesters rallied outside the meeting to protest the plans to lay a legally binding agreement that of a staged a guy in line immobile in the ground to symbolize that they who would lose their lives because of the global warming one processor said these ministers are now working on a mandate of delay rather than the mandate of possibility we need to change this climate change is causing over three hundred thousand people's lives to be lost every year meanwhile in ethiopia and millions of african union leaders has renewed calls for western reparations to address the effects of global warming european prime minister meles zenawi said climate change will continue to have devastating consequences on africa he also said the african union in its two previous summits made a story decision to engage actively in climate change negotiations and to do so on the basis of common position and one negotiating team this was unprecedented in history and astore decision africa has contribution virtually nothing to global warming but its place is a place to lose most by climate change africa is going to be hit hardest and it's going to be hit first nato secretary general says major troop increase in afghanistan is on its way and there is full remote isn't made the pledge tuesday at a nato assembly in scotland and said in a few weeks i expect we will decide in nato on the approaching troop levels needed to take our mission forward i'm confident it will be a counter insurgency approach which h substantially more troops and will place the afghan population at the core of the collective effort a top u s military officer has confirmed the army's suicide to reach a new record annual high general peter duty he also said we are almost certainly going to end the year with the highest higher than last year obviously we wouldn't prefer not to have another suicide this year or in years to follow but we know that this will not be the case this is horrible and i do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in a way and in israel the israeli government has announced a new round of settlement expansions on occupied palestinian land israel says it will build one hundred new homes in east jerusalem settlement of guillot white house press secretary robert gibbs gibbs criticized the plan saying we are dismayed but the move comes just two weeks after the bombing mistreats in technically approved settlement expansion by hailing an israeli pledge to slow down construction not halted completely palestinian foreign minister  called for many full international pressure on israel and said the international community should really understand that these measures these actions taken by israel are intended to prevent the palestinian state from happening and they want really to maintain an occupation as long as possible one should really react to this and it's not enough for the international community to keep saying that settlement activities are illegal i think you know it's time for the international community to enter reign and stop such settlement activities from taking place because you know they are making a solution impossible in a statement israeli government dismissed opposition to the new construction which it called every teen process in el salvador six jesuit priests are being honored twenty years after they were murdered by u s backed salvadorian military on monday the priests were bestowed the nation's highest civilian award marking the first time the salvadorian government has honored the priest since their deaths in  military is ready to ask for forgiveness and open its archives to a long sought investigation just words have been outspoken advocates for the poor and critics of human rights abuses committed by the iranian government they were killed in nov sixteenth one thousand nine hundred ninety one a military unit entered the central american university campus and shot them to death the priest housekeeper and her daughter were also killed in the attack the current head of the university priest jose maria harry koshary i'm not sure how to pronounce that and we welcome the post scene and said many people from all parties of course arena as well said the priest were great men who helped to end the war before because of their martyrdom push to accelerate peace talks but never in the twenty years has there been an official word of recognition for these people's dignity this is the first time going to think it's very important symbol that would be open to all victims from el salvador to order to kill a priest is widely believed to have come from senior arena party and military leaders but no hard ranking officials have ever been is reporting five people have received death sentences for taking part in a protest against a disputed national elections earlier this year more than one hundred opposition activists have gone to trial for their alleged role in the end rest at least three others have also been sentenced to death and back in the united states the senate has rejected an amendment that would bar funding for jailing guantanamo bay prisoners in u s prisons the vote marks a shift from a one the senate overwhelmingly rejected funding for closing guantanamo and moving president to u s soil criminals are preparing to visit an illinois prison this week as a potential site for kuantan of all prisoners the illinois governor pat quinn is supporting the plan which would move less than one hundred prisoners to the jail an anti semite shop activists have won a major victory in a campaign to save a honduran factory that had been closed after its workers forced to unionize united students against sweat shops says the sportswear giant russell athletic has agreed to rehire some twelve hundred honduran workers that were dismissed last january the move follows a nationwide campaign that pressured investors and forced dozens of collegiate athletic departments to sever or restrict their licensing deals with russell and in illinois graduate teaching assistants at the university of illinois at herb ana champaign have voted to end a two day strike to graduate teachers union says the school administrators agreed to meet for the unions for key demands