are on on the weekends if you have a news worthy items please e mail them to us at news and j v t v dot org and today's local news a grass valley man who pleaded guilty in july it is solved in a man with his skateboard is scheduled to be sentenced county many of the residents who are upset about the violent nature of the crime hearkens twenty five suffered damage to his brain skull and ear and was in a coma for more than a week after the attack but the residents raised more than five fifty six hundred dollars to help parkas with medical bills associated with the attack doctors will not permit harkins to go back to work at citizens restaurant in the valley city until the end of november according to his family harkens family was has expressed outrage that probation is a possible sentence for conan who was on probation for a series of burglaries when he assaulted hearkens assistant district attorney in a ferguson charge cronan with felony assault with a deadly weapon conant faces a maximum sent it's possible that conan could get probation for this again are considered friday at least give him some time in prison conan is scheduled for sentencing one p m monday in nevada county superior court in another story and air quality warning has been issued for today in the vat of sierra and plunders counties due to the lingering smoke from the moonlight fire on the plumas national forest people who can see or smell small should consider restricting outdoor activities said joe fish of the northern sierra air quality management district children and elderly ease people should consider staying indoors and anyone with a respiratory ailment definitely should stay inside as matic should follow their azmath management plan to contact your doctor if you have symptoms such as chest pain chest tightness shortness of breath or severe fatigue smoke being into this year from the lic fire in santa clara county is worsening the situation according to the national weather service in sacramento the smoke caused the ozone air quality rating to reach the unhealthy for sensitive individuals level from ten p m thursday night to four a m friday according to the ridge in the air district particulate from the wildfires in one temperatures probably caused the high ozone levels the air quality could be better today but shifting winds in california and the unpredictability of the fires could bring more smoke to nevada county meanwhile the moonlight fire has grown to twenty eight thousand five hundred twenty acres and is only eight percent contained according to the u s forest service spokesman terry reedy an evacuation order remains in effect for about one hundred homes in the north arm area of indian valley near greenville residents who are being allowed back by police escort to rescue their livestock and pets taylorsville and genesee residents remain on alert for evacuation one unoccupied home construction trailer and shed were lost in the blaze nearly one thousand nine hundred twenty four fighters are on the scene with ten hour compters and three air tankers dropping water and fire retardant to par was large enough to justify bringing in and additional tanker d c ten jet air tanker which is under contract to the california department of forestry and fire protection the air tanker base near victor valle can drop fifty tons of water or retardant within eight seconds slow morning winds on friday push a lot of the smoke north and away from nevada county fire conditions in the area are extreme due to the forced dryness and the lingering summer heat so far the moonlit fire tonight fire has cost taxpayers two point two million dollars and charlie brown not the cartoon character but the other one doesn't know where he stands in the polls in his race to unseat nine term incumbent congressman john doolittle republican from roseville but he's not too worried i haven't taken one said the democratic candidate who landed at the nevada county airport friday for a kickoff of his fourth district race and spoke to a crowd that repeatedly cheered him this isn't about polls brown said it's about doing the right things the retired air force lieutenant colonel from rosev outlined his views on things including the war in iraq immigration reform balancing the federal budget reproductive choice and energy as a retired air force officer who was coordinated intelligent flights over iraq i stated this war was a strategic mistake from the very start we've toppled a dictator but the vacuum has unleashed centuries old sectarian rivalries keeping america safe means fighting the terrorists who attacked us and nine eleven it does not mean getting involved in civil war in another country the former vietnam helicopter pilot said he also sees too many parallels between the war in that war in the current one when it comes to government contracts brown said he had two friends die during vietnam allegedly because of depicting helicopter parts sold to the military they got rich and my friends died in a still happening today brown said congress needs to stand up and do something about it the candidate said he was told by many people to not talk about immigration reform because it was too controversial but he decided to anyway reform starts with secure borders brown said next we must deal with companies that hire illegal immigrants and give local police the resources they need to deport illegal immigrants who commit crimes balancing the national budget is paramount mortgaging our country's future and our children's future keeping government out of personal business and reproductive choices are also important i most certainly don't want the government telling my wife and daughter what to do with their bodies he said the candidate also said he wants the united states to become energy independent as we saw in nine eleven and again with hurricane katrina instability in the world oil market is a very real threat to america's economy and as well as our security brown applauded nevada county for voting for him over doolittle last november and bringing him within nine thousand votes a victory we did well here because we got out and talked to the people this is about coming together eleven thousand block of nevada city highway the driver fled from the accident then pulled over near idaho maryland road and the female driver was drunk the caller said police took a report at eleven fifty seven a m ca pharmacy on a one hundred block of katherine lane reported receiving a forged prescription from a woman police arrested the woman on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance for sale to forty eight p m a call from six hundred block of whiting street reported a solicitor was going door to door selling meat the solicitor was driving a white truck with a shell with a phone number written on the side the caller told the solicitor to be on his way and he left at four thirty one p m woman woman screaming she was going to kill something police checked the area who were on a bill to locate the woman at ten twenty two pm call from business on the one hundred block of neil street reported about six juveniles were involved in a physical fight police contacted the people involved and told them not to return friday two thirty five the woman called from the parking lot on the one thousand block of seven way to report she was locked out of her vehicle police responded and called herodes side assistance company at eight twenty one call from highway one seventy four just past tense cords at memorial park put it to school bus and a vehicle collided police determined there were no injuries then nevada county sheriff's office on thursday at two seventeen m a caller from foxtail drive reported it possible violation of a restraining order he pushed and was refusing to leave the driveway and stop blowing leaves deputy contacted the c at four twenty five pm a caller reported a male juvenile a ward of the real reform school got out of a vehicle on whispering pines road and ran away the boy told the driver he would call law enforcement when he was done with what he had to do local law enforcement was advised to be on the lookout for the poison five thirty nine p m a woman called from east dr drew poured her laptop computer was stolen from the home sometime during the day the deputy took a report assault and trespassing by a credible threat to cause seriously serious bodily injury then released at eight fifty one p m a man called from bissell place to report a repossession man was on his property and refused  no crime it could have been committed in the light at nine thirty p m a woman from four springs drive reported a man called her and said he was from the federal bureau of investigation he the woman on friday five thirty one am a caller from highway one seventy four in domination drive reported a woman walking in the road just been assaulted by her husband the passer by her picked up the woman contacted the woman at the parking lot and went to her home the husband was gone and the children or their deputies took a report for battery and would interview the husband later in that city police department on thursday six o five p m call from broad street reported a woman sitting on the side of the road and highway forty nine are not prepared to be extremely drunk police arrested the woman on suspicion violation of probation and here is the world news out of sydney australia of residence bush took advantage of a vacation in congress a surprise visit to once received and barr province unsupported words from australia's prime minister to trumpet his claims of progress in iraq now he must press the case to skeptical lawmakers and the war weary u s public the coming week may be his last opportunity for a shift to shift the debate or at least give republicans political cover and throw democrats off stride the white house will offer strategy in visions a presidential speech to a nation is it thursday or friday next week will start off the testimony to congress on monday and tuesday by general david petraeus t e top u s commander in iraq widely admired by both republicans and democrats and ryan walker crocker the u s ambassador to iraq tuesday also marks the sixth anniversary of the worst terror attacks asked two months ago is the surge succeeding people would have said we're getting killed i mean literally white house press secretary tony snow said in an interview but now it's very obvious that on military side there has been some profound progress and the progress also has real political implications in terms of iraqi people standing up to the folks who have been trying to blow up the government democrats don't see it that way house speaker nancy pelosi said a string of recent and said a string of recent reports from the national intelligence estimate the government accountability office an independent commission led by retired marine general james jones document the widespread failure of dead raqi government to meet critical political reform benchmarks set by president bush himself in january this day the core strategy by general petraeus and the president to leave all troops in iraq has been rejected by the american people palosi said we need a new direction in iraq and w parts of baghdad in anbar province once a stronghold of sunni militants that many of these same militants are now joining ranks with u s forces in battling al qaida extremists that political progress among rival factions within the central government has been less noticeable but there have been some encouraging recent moves towards reconciliation bush says that u s troop reductions might be justified if security continues to rise but the basic evolving administration message to congress appears to be give the buildup some more time poor ops into early next year since it seems to be working we're going to succeed in iraq bush told a business audience here for the annual gathering of the twenty one nation asia pacific economic cooperation for that this year's apec meeting was held in australia it turned out to be a gift to the white house not only did it provide an opportunity to go to iraq it sorts it sort of a way if you had east to west but prime minister john howard the host is an unabashed supporter of bush's iraq policy perhaps the last among the world leaders but former british prime minister tony blair gone from office british troops leaving southern iraq howard's defiant insistence that the roughly sixteen hundred australian troops now in iraq would remain must have been to bush's ears even though howard's own political career may soon be ended because of his support for that unpopular war his strong backing of bush's military buildup came at just the right time as the president prays to face his congressional critics upon his return to congress recess also gave the president a chance to command headlines he has taken advantage of the absence of congress to buy time said anthony cordesman and iraq expert at the worst based center for strategic and international studies but claims of progress by bush and patricia's don't always match developments seen by others and there's a limit to how much additional time bush can buy a lot of these issues are going to be counterbalance what he says cordes made the show floor it pentagon strategist during the clinton administration said the administration is clearly trying to keep the surge at least until next spring it's natural and that's when the first of the thirty thousand additional troops bush sent to iraq start returning home then they'll declare a degree of victory seize she suggested and says there is not enough consensus in the democratic congress to block bush's plan we're in for more of the same floor in a sad snow the presidential spokesman said that bush will try to restage the debate to be more bipartisan and more reflective of national interest concerns it would be kind of nice to break through the  idea the war has that the war has been a cleavage point and that is a good democrat you have to be against it frankly we've seen a number of democrats coming back from iraq saying no we see real progress he acknowledged dissent on the republican side and conceded it's an issue where people certainly can have dissenting views and out of washington iran must pay two point six five iran has been blamed for supporting the militant group hezbollah which carried out to suicide bombing in beirut it was the worst terrorist act against u s targets since september eleventh two thousand one hundred people crowded into a federal court room to hear the pride is ruling parents have gone old since their children were killed siblings have grown into middle age children have married and started families of their own weeping spectators and erupted in appla no allows nearly one thousand family members and a handful of survivors to try to collect iranian assets from various sources around the world finding and seizing that money will be difficult difficult however the families are back in a law in congress that would make it easier for terrorism victims and their families to do so families were encouraged by libya's decision to ultimately accept responsibility for the one nine hundred eighty eight bombing of the pan am flight over scotland the country wants a parrot by washington's view agreed to compensate the families of the two hundred seventy victims part of the two point seven billion has been paid a final two million instalment to each family is outstanding this is a sense of victory of winning the battle said paul rivers who was a twenty year old enlisted marine on the second floor of the barracks when it exploded when we went to war because when we collect when we make them pay for what they did  iran has denied responsibility for the attack the nation did not respond to the six year old lawsuit and was represented only by an empty table the family members said they hope friday's ruling would pressure foreign governments not to sponsor terrorism debbie shyer whose brother vincent smith was killed in attacks that countries won't stop until it begins to actually cost them money to kill a man some disagreed about whether that will happen roxanne garcia big who was sixteen when her brother randy garcia was killed said she was surprised to find a sense of comfort being with other families in court she said she was pleased that lambert had made such a strong statement but doubted the di rand would change anytime soon if you can't take another money away to get them to stop what they're doing all agreed that emotions remain wrong to this day weaver's describing one of the second floors five survivors all but him last arms or legs he said he was buried in the rubble for two hours debris had punctured is eardrum and literally had rocks inside his head surely murray of baltimore who was sixteen years old at the time described the tense days employed in around the television for word of her brother you listen parker today every time the news carries a story about a fallen soldier or an explosion overseas she said it's like the first day all over again their birth said the law offers a meager attempt to make the surviving members whole he said he hoped the judgment would alert iran that terrorism has consequences and help in the family's healing process pausing he added that's all i can do to jamestown north dakota early this summer betty kratz noticed that something was disturbing the ground and the flowers that line her driveway solving the mystery of this week proved to be a snap when baby snapping turtles started crawling around her yard to just keep popping out of the hole said cliff hanson kratz brother in law the turtles had recently had shewn were no bigger than a half dollar coins said gerald perry and other brother in law family members scooped up forty four to in all they were put in a cardboard box and taken to the nearby james river they went swimming away like crazy crab said stepan turtles live to be decades old and can grow up to forty pounds said coward a biologist with the north dakota game and fish department do not make nice pics they're not very friendly to play with crabs said she thought some sort of animal was disturbing her flowers but it was a long ways from being in muskrat or raccoon she said they are the cutest little thinks perry said the experience was one to remember while they were coming out we just stood there and watched them in amazement and now it's time for our local weather smoke from both the moonlight fire in the looked far to the west will be a concern again today however air quality is slightly improved from this past work week look for lows in the mid ninety's this afternoon for sacramento and san joaquin valley under a hazy sunshine the photos should be in the eighty's lower ninety's this afternoon while truckee tall warms up to that seventy's to the lower eighty's 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