city classic this sunday armstrong confirmed tuesday august drawing a seven time tour de france winner and noted cancer survivor made the announcement on the popular social networking site twitter writing love palmer horner and myself for raising the nevada city classic next sunday a great american race news of armstrong and love palmer's possible participatory participation first surfaced monday as race director and tour of nevada city bicycle shop owner duane strauss are fielded telephone calls and exchanged e mails with to a stop on a team manager to work out logistics stoss or had been helping the team decide which airport to land for a chartered flight their port remains undetermined since then questions have streamed into strasser from regional and myself will be raising the american classic nevada city on sunday luck on wrote this is one to come and watch i'm excited to see an event of city again it's been eleven years since i've done it in the beautiful sierra mountains of northern california john's manager called strasser early monday to set up a charter flight into the van a county airport just east of grass valley on long rica road it's been a cyclist has previously raced in the nevada city classics on a number of occasions finishing second in lee said we expected to draw a lot of more people than what we're work spectum before i've had people tell us that they weren't going to come to the race before and are now coming we need this here she said it will bring some life  strasser noted the impact of the star's presence will more than likely boost businesses outside the community the problem is our hotels are already sold out so outside business will benefit strasser added but this is going to be a great test for the amgen two are of california if we can handle this we can handle a stage four am game nevada city residents who are not accustomed to serving the second oldest bicycle race on the west coast are finding themselves drawn in by the star power as well i haven't really picked up on it before said nevada city resident douglas to prove i guess i've been busy or something in a story written by dennis piers thinking about kids you know armstrong in live action debussy said you can't beat that the grass ridge wilderness area is fishing well a fishing one a good friend rick live on height into the area with his flock to blast week he calls me when he returns on a promise not to name the specifically this year there is less snow at the six thousand foot elevation last week to trail had no snow where in the past it drips up to two feet thick in the trees shaded locations rick was on the water by nine am and caught fish below the surface on black woolly boogers by late morning a surface feeding began a number sixteen atoms dry fly did the trick at midday a large ant landed on the back of rick's neck and that was the time hint to motivated him to switch to an ant pattern one of the largest fish or the trip it was a fourteen inch brook trout the water temperature is fifty to sixty degrees rick noted the average fish  declined in his favor late leaving him to the conclusion that the fishing pressure has increased june is prime time at this elevation if you wait until next month the fish will go deeper as the water warms up the short heart from a number of trail has will get you to more than a dozen lakes maps are available to talk to our national forest headquarters in nevada city another good trout fishing bet is the north uber river this past weekend the drop down to the five hundred cubic feet per second level normal for this week is eight hundred cubic feet per second frank right now out from the nevada city angler noted that a number of his customers have been fish in the upper reaches of the river and doing well the fish are rising and large a tractor driver flies like companies and royal wells in size over twelve the river above donegal has better flow for waiting the higher you go the less water you will encounter below the virgin's of the donna river the river a bit high at the rate of falling this weekend will be prime time for the entire north you river we're approaching the longest day of the year there are a couple hatches that i associate with the summer solstice there hexa gina may fly and the d fly hatches like all men are is one of the better locations for hex hatch and most years the action has started by their state this year the water temps have continued to be unseasonably cool with all the rain in the mountains most recent row reading i have is sixty three degrees which is significantly below seventy degree temp i would have expected the weather forecast for one it to normal air temps this weekend hopefully it will bring the hatch like davis is famous for its damsel fly  materialize in any significant way john course an overage spent four days last week at the lake he did well catching small trout with occasional fish up to eighteen inches there is in bundles of six to ten inch rainbows that are very aggressive feeders john fish to variety of flies to sheep creek specialist far by the best producer he did see a few damsels but nothing like catching my catch he has expected the week beds on the lake have yet to reach the surface normally aquatic vegetation is it t surface in the water out of the four foot deep by this date the cool rainy weather has delayed the transition towards summer condition followed lake is currently lower than normal this is due to the annual maintenance on the bowman spalding can now look forward to come back in a week or so at every new sun cold fish the bass tournament in new melons last saturday the day was overcast with occasional rain they finished thirteenth in the field of one hundred forty boats water surface temperatures was mid seventies the majority of the fish came a drop shot rig worms the twenty four foot level what advani usual was that he held his boat over the twenty four foot depth if you strict with the below the boat he was catching fish if you drifted to twenty two to twenty six the bite stopped the fish were specific to the twenty four foot depth for most of the day the most productive worms were shades of purple and four inches long the one exception to the twenty four foot depth pattern or six pound bass that coal caught it was the first that moved them in the standings lake levels make for tougher bass fishing jad fishing on the lower uber continues to be good bill mcrae was down on sunday afternoon he reported seeing more shadow in the river than he had seen in many years the same is true for the sacramento river with up to this is a time to go before it gets hot valley the best results come in low light conditions early and late to the day so if you like fishing that's where you're going to go and a story written by dave muller nevada county is doing a heroic job dealing with the growing number of homeless people but resources are stretched to the limit according to nevada county grand jury in a report just issued a grand jury said the growing demand was reflected at the food bank of nevada county where seven hundred seventy families were given food in january two thousand fifty to sixty homeless children in a county growth in overall homeless numbers has was not quantified but the increase did not come from an influx of outsiders the report said although the grand jury applauded the efforts of area non profits like the aforemention hospitality house salvation army and the family resource center of truckee it suggested better coordination between them the counties health and human services agency will hold a workshop this fall to fulfill that goal in another report the grand jury criticized the city of nevada city for abolishing its finance and administration committee the grand jury criticized the city council for not watching finances closely enough in two thousand and six and seven and applauded the city for turning it around in two thousand and eight with the aid of the committee and that is the end of our local news twelve thousand block a ridge road reported a possible structure fire and it two twenty seven p m a man from neil in south school street reported a white dog attack attack a black lab one of the lab initially said there was no attack then caller later called later to report a gash woman with kids in the car he was arrested on suspicion of an outstanding warrant and at four thirty p m he called from business on a nine hundred block a certain way ported a man with no shoes had come in twice ask for a bible and was scaring customers for forty six p m call for mcknight way reported to drive in a g m c pickup truck was speeding and flashing lights and showing game type signs five fifty p m a woman from a business on a farm going to block a certain way reporters yes command to leave and he threw money at her he was arrested on suspicion of an outstanding warrant and at nine o nine p m he park monitored condit park reported he had received threats from people in the skate park and at ten thirty six p m a man from the one hundred block of doris drive creek road reported a neighbor drove a tractor onto the college property and cut down numerous trees two parties were involved in a dispute over fire clearing the situation was mediated and at nine o three a m a woman from the fourteen thousand block indian springs road reported her neighbor nicked her vehicle and at ten forty a m color from any drive reported for juveniles playing basketball on the roof of a hall to zero school twelve thirty eight p m caller from thirteen thousand block i don't marilyn road reported petty theft and at twelve forty five p m caller from eleven thousand block of reagan way reported a landscaper to jackson altered them before cashing them and at three fifty six p m a man from seventeen thousand block of lip forced dr reported vandalism to a windshield last night some type of incendiary device had been placed on his porch friday night he requested extra patrols and it's six fifty six p m a call from twenty three thousand block of oakmont way ported to d v d players were stolen from the residence within the last two days and they had fifty two p m a call from twenty four thousand block of power forty nine reported hearing multiple gunshots and a nine ten p m call from the fifteen thousand block of magnolia road reported a burglary and tuesday at one twenty four because there was food on the stove and the bad city police department on monday at ten sixteen am a call from a business and one on a block of sacramento street reported tables and computers were taken sometimes over the weekend the tenant lauren gage s out door umbrellas chairs and tables were taken as well as a computer and monitor belonging to the director of a job training program from an upstairs office to last was estimated at about one thousand dollars the city should now resurrect a committee and some residents are treated more like animals like a new government report will be warming unequivocal and peruvian prime minister to resign and make a mogadishu police chief killed expand the war in afghanistan and continue funding the war in iraq thirty two anti war democrats voted against the measure as did all but five republicans republicans opposed a part of the bill to increase the funding for the international monetary fund the final vote was two hundred twenty six to two hundred two congressman dennis kucinich voted against the war funding he also said we're destroying our nation's moral and physical integrity with a war supplemental instead of ending wars in iraq afghanistan and pakistan now by appropriat ing only enough money to bring our troops home congress after kids its constitutional authority defers to the president and ask for a report that's right all we're asking for is a report on when the president will end the war dennis kucinich also criticize funding for the international monetary fund or the i m f he said there's money to for the i m f presumably to bail out european banks billions for the i m f so they can force low and middle income nations to cut jobs wages health care and retirement security just like corporate america does to our constitute constituents and there's money to incentive buys the purchase of more cars but not necessarily from the united states because the buy america mandate was not a lot another hundred six billion and we'll get a lousy war pretty soon where there's going to be only one thing made in america more united nations is reporting a record number of internally displaced persons receive you want assistance in two thousand and eight fourteen point four million people were registered as living under un care another living point six million internally displaced persons were left to fend for themselves or receive assistance from other agencies the total number of internally displaced persons was increased even more since the end of two thousand and eight handling of the crisis he said he should speak out that this is a corrupt flawed sham of an election they're running people have been deprived of their rights we support them in their struggle against a repressive oppressive regime and they should not be subjected to four more years of comedy a new job and the radical muslim clerics meanwhile the iranian government has revoked press president credentials for foreign journalists and ordered journalists not to report from the streets much of the video footage from iran is now coming from iranian citizens who are posting videos to you tube and other sites amateur video posted on the internet earlier today appears to show no member of revolutionary guard firing at the crowd of demonstrators from the roof of their building in tehran on monday iran's revolutionary guard corps says that today it will pursue legal action against websites that it claims were inciting people to write as well as people who post materials to the websites president obama is expected to sign a presidential memorandum today to extend benefits to same sex partners and federal employees but he will stop short of pledging full health insurance coverage obama is making the announcement at a time when he is facing growing anger among gay supporters over his in ministrations recent decision to file a legal brief supporting the constitution while the t of the defense of marriage act during a presidential campaign obama called for repealing the defense of marriage act as well as the military's don't ask don't tell policy meanwhile and there were port from the national coalition of anti violence programs found that the number of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people killed by a small bone debated attacks increased by twenty eight percent last year the group documented twenty nine killings in two thousand and eight the highest number recorded since hundred nine in economic news president obama is expected to proposed today the creation of an independent and powerful consumer financial product safety commission to regulate financial products such as mortgages and credit cards  newspapers reports that the part of the proposal of the federal reserve and the other bank regulators would lose their oversight over mortgages credit cards and other financial products that are sold to consumers at the same time obama is proposing expanding the fed's role as a regular tour of the nation's largest banks such as j p morgan chase and goldman sachs to include other giant finance your firm such as the insurance companies are very edgy and metlife meanwhile a leading economic forecaster is projecting that much of the country will not return to peak employment until at least two thousand and twelve and many cities won't return to recent peaks until twenty fourteen or later six million jobs have been lost since the recession began eighteen months ago former president jimmy carter said tuesday that palestinians  gaza were being treated more like animals than human beings carter made to come out after touring the gaza strip for the first time since the israeli attack he said tragically the international community largely ignores the cries for help while the citizens of g are treated more like animals than like human bein's jimmy carter also called for an investigation into war crimes committed by israel he said there is no explanation responsibility for those terrible human rights crimes lives in jerusalem in cairo in washington and in the capitals of europe throughout the international community this abuse must cease the crimes committed against you must be investigated the walls must be brought down and the basic right of free most come to you a new report by the bombing administration says global warming is unequivocal and primarily human induced the washington post reports a study details how climate change will affect certain parts of the united states in the north east the heaviest rain storms have become sixty seven percent heavier since nine hundred fifty eight as warmer weather in for have more air they purr into the atmosphere to feed storm clouds around the great lakes snowstorms could get heavier as ice recedes and exposes more open water by twenty one hundred parts of the south could experience one hundred fifty days of the year with temperatures higher than ninety degrees and peruvian prime minister you simon has announced plans to resign following the bloody clashes between the degenerates activists and the police so on in those lead to negotiations with indigenous groups protesting decrees to foreign oil and gas development in the amazon jungle meanwhile the ministry has announced that it has granted safe passage to indigenous leader alberto presiding go to leave peru for a new grog law which has granted him political asylum on tuesday bolivian president evo morales because peruvian president alan garcia of committing genocide you were ousted i'm convinced that what happened in peru is genocide because the free trade agreement privatization hands south america and latin america and is on for us over to multinationals now the free trade agreement is causing genocide not just in latin america but all over the world and other news from the peru protesters have blocked access to one of the country's largest gold mines peru is the world's sixth largest gold producer and that's been single in that picture in somalia the police chief of the capital mogadishu has been killed in a day of heavy fighting between government forces and islamic militants more than two hundred fifty people have been killed in somalia over the past month and on capitol hill republican senator john ensign of nevada has admitted he had an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer and zine was seen as a potential candidate for president in two thousand and twelve in sign is a born again christian who is a member of the promise keepers  larry craig from idaho to resign after his little bout in the bathroom the federal trial of former democratic congressman william jefferson of louisiana has begun on tuesday federal prosecutors told jurors jefferson had squeezed hundreds of thousands  and that's it today for our world news