you're watching t v and i'm randy hanson in today's local headlines north church street cleaning up its act nevada city is expecting flat revenues again next year two woman arrested after a robbery in our first story written by liz color of the union a meeting between concerned residents in grass valley police already has improved situation walk north church street has gotten quieter said karen dixon who lives in the cul de sac at the habitat for humanity homes tucked behind north church street and door struck the week before the thursday being a problem neighbors were playing loud music every single night well into night dixon said since then there has been only one incident i heard a little commotion but it stopped very quickly she said resident diane chara presented a petition to the grass valley city council on tuesday asking for the city to do something about crime suspect drug use garbage an unpainted vehicles police already were on the job said police captain d from a large added patrols in our region for dumping trash to be picked up the police all that responsibility onto one person my peers said residents are considering forming a collective block leadership model or acting to share information via email and communicate with the police department fear email he said the neighborhood it block north of main street downtown once had a bad reputation made the residents say as home prices rose in new homeowners renovated houses it bounced back but nicely local say it has been returning to its not so grand past when dixon moved into or how i'm not about three years ago she was happy to see the neighborhood had improved but about a year and a half ago it started to decline again she said residents such as my employer are committed to stemming the tide very optimistic he said i've seen dramatic changes just within a few days dixon agreed pointing to one deserted looking problem a house on the street seems like it's working she said with an increased scrutiny by the police department normally there'd be a group outside right now this is on no church or north church tree a story written by david roddy the various cities city council got its first look at the budget for the upcoming fiscal year on saturday and learned that the city's day to day cash for police fire planning and parts of the public works programs faces a deficit of body four thousand dollars they estimate given to the council during the weekend workshops are at this point it work in progress and needs to be balanced when the council adopted a form of budget june tenth the city is expected to take four point one million from sales property room and road improvement taxes in addition to find and fees for the fiscal year that begins july first general funds does not include money to pay for the city's water and waste water plant or the veterans all of which are funded through special funds because the current economic uncertainty the city plans to keep several positions vacant and this is not significantly increasing its projections for sales and property taxes for the next year at one point the city rate two hundred thousand dollars general fund deficit for the current fiscal year to narrow the gap the city of laid off several employees and closed city hall one day a month we're going to go on a tight budget and hopefully we can do most of those things that we want city manager  boss said highlight of the preliminary budget include one point four million for police services four hundred forty thousand for fire services four hundred fifty nine thousand for public works three hundred twenty two thousand for parks and recreation and ninety five dollars an hour for the city ministry the city's water department is projected to begin the next fiscal year thirty eight thousand in the red even a proposed eight percent hike in water rates takes place staff reported compiled our bar and city finance director katrina and gives notice that implementation of rate increases begins fiscal year nine ten nine zero nine and ten and continue to reach a budget cycles and a further effort to save money eight hour month work for a while will likely continue until the city's financial outlook improves though councilwoman sally harris said considering soured fears this might be a better alternative that would keep the city services at full strength that's a p problematic issue because the city's subway schedules are primarily covered in union contracts which mandated regular pay increases and necessary revenues do not meet specific targets that the city benefits in part cording to the city staff because many of the ploys with the exception of police are seasoned veterans like this top of the pay scale city is expected to spend two point seven million in salaries and benefits next year those are eligible can receive a three percent wage increase next year however if employees think it's second pirlo is better to save money you should look at that the city is looking to increase its revenue streams to combat falling revenues some ideas floating by city staff include having groups pay for the use of city hall even saving money by compiling just the action items in the minutes of each city council pack harris suggested working with the agency such as the sheriff's office for dispatching patrols services to see if the city could achieve cost savings it's the single largest expense harris said of the providing police protection and it does deserve our attention in a story by liz keller a drug deal gone sour was the alleged motivation of a woman who broke into a north s deputies had given him money to buy drugs and that he did not have the drugs or the money mindset they got into a very heated argument mode say the woman allegedly then pulled a gun and threatened to shoot him she took what cash she did  justin justin renee chapman twenty eight of penn valley was arrested during a vehicle stop grass valley is search warrant was obtained for a grass fire resident that she allegedly had just visited there deputies found some evidence including the money as well as a method better me pipe no weapons was located had chapman was booked on charges of strong armed robbery possession of drug paraphernalia and being under the influence of a controlled substance she was posting fifty one thousand dollars bail and was released wednesday afternoon christine mary amberson twenty eight a woman who was at the resident was arrested on suspicion of criminal conspiracy and being an accessory after allegedly removing evidence she remains in the county jail on a fifty thousand dollars bail that's it today for our local news that's right it's time for the police blotter to pictures in a blotter not for days actual events but used for visual aid only grass valley police department on friday six fifty a m call from three hundred block of school street put a tag on a restroom wall there's stolen and at two fifty four p m call from the moral park reported juveniles drinking alcohol found property was collected through a five pm woman from two want to block a certain way reported another woman harassed her and stole medication and for sixteen p m called for me to want to block a door to drive reported the man was chasing her around the partner complex in violation of her protective order he was inside turning her in dratch in the house he was gone when officers arrived in to be on the lookout advisory was issued he returned at about seven pm and was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest and violating a domestic restraining order saturday three ten pm a call from five hundred reported a loud party four twenty a m a call from fourteen hundred block essential to a report of people have been up all night yelling at each other and playing music loudly and then one twenty one a m a call from the business and one hundred block of west main street reported the back window had been broken by iraq and at nine thirty four a m a woman from the three hundred block of north star place reported her husband was very drunk carrying a knife around with in his pants in threatened her he was arrest suspicion of threatening crime and left a fifty five a m call from his road reported a cardboard cap was in the middle of the road last night and the collar removed twelve o four p m caller from one hundred block of mill street reported a physical inside a closed business the man's mother owns the business and allowed him to be there he was very drunk but ok seventy two twenty five p m a call from the emergency room reported a man becoming violent he was arrested suspicion of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest the veteran county sheriff's office on friday ten sixteen a m a woman from the seventeen thousand block of clover road reported it neighbors dog bit her son i quicker hillgrove reported his wife had burnt his clothes he said he found some of them in a thrift store and a court said his wife was drunk chemicals were soaked in beer he did not want to press charges three twenty one p m caller from the rain and dr reported a firearm from a vehicle and at five thirty p m a man from torrey pines drive read camille your way reported being assaulted by two men in their twenty's well he was walking he had bruises but did not need medical attention and in fact forty two pm a man quail post court reported multiple gunshots the neighbors was shooting at them not knowing that was threatening livestock and saturday four forty nine am a woman from the ten thousand block of silver away reported a loud party next door she said her adult daughter was at the residence and wouldn't come home twelve thirty pm a caller from ten thousand block of cedar avenue reported hearing ten gunshots in the area and at one fifty three pm a call from the red dawn and snow line roads reported someone threw a after threatening to stab him self with situation was mediated three twenty two pm a caller from golden bear driving bear hollow road reported hearing two explosions and it's three fifty two pm a call from oak tree road and cherokee street  very drunk woman was lost consciousness several times she was picked up for a three p m caller from eleven thousand block of reagan way reported someone threw mud all over the side of a house for twenty six pm call from around mountain trail reported a woman who was on iraq was refusing to stand up and hike she was very out of breath and a t v was requested to retrieve her car responded the woman was not where she was supposed to be and might have gone to edwards crossing she was located at about six p police department on friday at nine forty eight am a caller from two hundred block of bridge street reported a burglary and at two forty nine pm a call from three hundred block of broad street reported vandalism sixty five die in somalia in our first story in sri lanka at least four hundred thirty civilians including one hundred children have died over in sri lanka military it's a billion area under control of the tigers but the actual death toll may be far higher a proton model tiger website estimates thirty two hundred civilians have died in what is the heaviest attack in melters attempt to eliminate the separatist group doctors say at least eleven hundred people have been injured the united nations described the scen of shelling their own civilians sri lankans has banned all journalist and international organizations from the conflict zone and certainly the sri lankan government to put it through british journalist after they purported on conditions in government run refugee camps iranian court reduced her prison term to two years suspended sentence once released barry is expected to be allowed to leave iran seborrhea sentence last month to eight years in prison after being convicted in a secret trial of spying for the united states the nation's unemployment rate has reached eight point nine percent the highest in twenty six years five hundred thirty nine thousand workers lost their jobs in april the current unemployment rate would be jumped to nearly sixteen percent if it included laid off workers who have given up looking for new jobs  e settled for part time work over going to american workers remain the hardest hit by the economic crisis the official black unemployment rate is now fifteen percent but that conover's estimate the actual rate is closer to twenty seven percent treasury secretary timothy getting or attempted to put a somewhat positive spin on the latest unemployment numbers he said they're encouraging in some sense because the rate of decline in the economy as a whole is slowing you're seeing some signs of stability but there is an enormously large numbers you know that have been really a half million americans losing their jobs again and if it just underscores the fact that economy as a whole is still going through a very challenging period  the united nations is estimating at least three hundred sixty thousand people of have fled heavy fighting in northwest pakistan causing the largest displacement crisis in pakistan's history united nations high commissioner for refugees projects that would there were soon be million internally displaced persons in pakistan the refugees are fleeing the swat valley where the pakistani military claims it has killed seven hundred taliban militants in recent days besides obama's national security adviser general james jones said s s will continue to carry out air strikes in afghanistan despite criticism from the afghan government during an interview in a meet the press afghan president hamid karzai said the strikes are undermining u s efforts in afghanistan he also said our villages are not where the terrorists are and that's what they keep telling the us administration that the war on terrorism is not in the afghan villages not in afghan homes respect that civilian councils are undermining support in the afghan people for the war on terrorism and for the relationship with america how can you expect people who keep losing their children to remain friendly maybe to terrorists you know house or other meanwhile u s and nato forces have been accused of using white phosphorous munitions in afghanistan in one incident reported by human rights watch and eight year old afghan girl was severely burned by white phosphorous in march her father said nato forces had fired the rounds that caused her injuries he federal jury in montana has acquired chemical company debbie r grace and three of its executives growth of health care spending over the next decade voluntary place doesn't aim at cutting health care for spending overall but merely restraining its rate of growth in a letter to president obama health care providers so they would reduce costs by simply administrative costs me making hospitals more efficient reducing hospitalisation managing chronic illnesses from effectively and improving health care information technology voluntary cuts are being offered in an effort to stave off new government price constraints that might be imposed by congress according to the white house the plan would save two trillion over the next decade the trade groups make in the pledge include the american medical association the pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america the american hospital association america america's health insurance plans and the service employees international union the obama administration said on friday it will keep a bush era rule that plays down on the link between the threatening status of the poor bear in the climate change protection of the endangered species act last and governor sarah palin hailed the bombing ministration decision as a clear victory for alaska because it removes the link between bear protection and climate change and should help north slope oil and gas development the publication aviation week ports pentagon is requesting a record fifty billion for its secret black budget this marks a three percent increase over last year's total the pentagon budget for secret operations is now larger than entire military budget of britain france and japan or japan in his weekly radio address the president obama called on congress to pass a credit card holder bill of rights that would impose tighter regulations on the credit card industry he also said americans know that they have a responsibility to live within their means and pay what they over but they might also have a right not to get ripped off by the sudden rate hikes on fare penalties and hidden fees that are have become all too common in our credit card industry you shouldn't have to fear that any new credit card is going to come with strings attached nor should you need to match a magnifying glass and a reference book to read the credit card application and abuses in our credit card industry have only multiplied in the midst of a recession when america can least afford