if you've ever wondered if a man or woman you're dating has a history of domestic violence you may soon be able to find out with a few mouse clicks some local police are supporting a california assembly bill that would require the attorney general to maintain a statewide online database listing people convicted of domestic violent crimes in california that would be a good thing for fathers who have daughters in about county sheriff's captain saying since these criminals aren't spending any time in prison at least let them know let us know whe are the domestic violence prevention and rights to no act of two thousand and eight or eighty seven hundred seventy one was unveiled wednesday at a press conference on the steps of the state capitol by its author of assemblywoman fiona m democrat from san francisco chairwoman of the assembly select committees on domestic violence the right to know act would allow anyone to access the name date and birth county end date of conviction for anyone convicted of felony domestic violence or multiple counts of misdemeanor domestic violence in california according to a news release from os office this bill would send a strong message to domestic abusers and what would be potential of visitors that domestic abuse will not be tolerated and that their violent past will not go unnoticed by the general public said alex s moore is a barber of domestic violence and stalking who attended wednesday's unveiling more as founder of survivors in action a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping domestic violence victims in the sierra nevada foothills including those in nevada county conviction records already are available to the public though they are not so easy to obtain the records often only are as assessable at the courthouse in the county of conviction this would allow anyone of any socio economic status to go into any public library to get this information more say it would just be more accessible to the database would keep updated information available for ten years this would be the first in the nation law that would go into effect january first two thousand and nine according to the news release police said the idea is comparable to megan's law which makes the identity of sex offenders available online i have no problem with letting folks know about perpetuators of crime police sergeant doug grant said they hide in dark shadows and avail themselves on their prey people who don't know who they are people who don't know who they are why the use to search if you search by name say john doe multiple john those will come up mark said the attorney general's office would be responsible for managing this and this would have make sure there is enough information to clearly difference between individuals california department of justice would compile the information for the attorney general site using court records said maas chief of staff bill barnes it would be based on official court documents said as far as the method used to search he said those details will be ironed out in the legislative process mark said he was also concerned that easily accessible information could potentially be used as vindictive tool by people making false claims however current laws in conviction for misdemeanor stalking i would never have married him more added moore's excisemen was later convicted of stalking her she said she did not know about his previous conviction until she hired a private investigator which ended up costing her more than three thousand dollars telephone tube account tuesday and is in the process of pulling the existing map to make changes such as reducing the number of homes adding green building schemes eliminating controversal roads and adding retail space in this market that is the smart move th economy has changed yuba county in a vacuum they need to be brought into the process and they need to be won over said yuba county supervisor dan logue who voted to approve the project last july because of previous boards approvals and his strong commitment to preserving private property rights after the project was approved last july supervisor how stoker and others who opposed the project collected more than three thousand signatures to put a referendum on the february fifth ballot challeng during that time the project has been put on hold and galilee said he took a step back and to re evaluate it changes in the housing market in a way that land can be used along the new housing demands from below resulted in the conclusion that did you the highlands project designed eight years ago is no longer the highest in the best use of our land he said in a statement public discussions are planned in the next year to collect more input we promise to listen to all those in the community who want a voice in the future development globally adding the new project will have fewer higher density and more affordable homes it dropped from five thousand eighty two to forty four hundred and will cater to be an air force base personnel commercial retail will grow from one million square feet to one point five million square feet based on concerns for the environment the project will include energy saving and green building concepts controversal road to the south through spence phil wildlife area will be dropped along with ninety percent of the former boundary with the preserve in the past opponent to the project have included state fish and game caltrans and environmental groups who have argued that leapfrog development would jeopardize wildlife and cause traffic induced air pollution recent change of heart is seen as a victory by opponents but concerns remain said mark augustine who has been working to stop the development i see it as we've won this battle in the war but even his scaled back version is too big augustine and fewer record wrecking balls could swing at historic grass valley homes in the future as grass valley leaders agreed this week to make it harder to tear down historic buildings on tuesday city council members unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance added adding an extra layer of approval for anyone wanting to demolish the structure built in one thousand nine thousand nine hundred forty five or before coding to the proposal plans to tear down buildings would need approval from the city's development review committee before it could be read destroyed pitches are still smarting over the demolition of the killer mansion a historic building torn down decades ago mayor mark johnson said the ordinance would prevent such tragedies from happening again the proposal requires a historic evaluation report on each potentially historic building that is slated for demolition a report could cost a home or building owner as much as three thousand dollars for a structure deemed a significant historical  or five hundred dollars for one that isn't deemed a historical resource a city official said johnson's was heard has heard compliments from other northern california city leaders who envy the city's district distinct history and he wants to preserve that what you have in grass valley we can't recreate johnson added i can only remember a couple of great houses that were demolished johnson says specifically referring to the killer mansion on bennett street some council member said they were burned the ordinance would mean all buildings with little historic value could remain untouched because of the ordinance i don't think it's the date of the building that's important said councilwoman on she said she knew of all the buildings with no historical significance including the one housing so there isn't at her own business ministry clothing company one seventeen no street it's a house said of the building but in the end what i want and got so man dan miller who also was skeptical skeptical of the plan supported the ordinance after getting assurance historical evaluation report would discern a structure of value beyond its age if the ordinance doesn't work well they could bring forward a plan and or adjust the ordinance in the future the ordinance is a temporary measure for the city's apollo and tell broader historic preservation ordinances passed said community development director joe have a pretty preservation ordinance could be considered in a year he said a second reading of the ordinance is considered a formality and could appear  at the january twenty ninth city council meeting and that's it today for our local news average of four per week the u n estimates at least two hundred civilians were killed in u s bombings from april until the end of the year the figure comes from the us continues an extensive bombing campaign over arab jew bores south of baghdad in one of the largest strikes since the two thousand and three invasion u s warplanes dropped forty thousand pound bombs in ten minute span one week ago military experts are predicting an increase in the bombing should the u s drawdown his forces in iraq airstrikes are also at record levels in afghanistan nato bombings top thirty five hundred last year doubling the number in two thousand and six the justice department is downplaying expectations of criminal prosecutions and last september's killing of seventeen iraqi civilians by the private military blackwater worldwide the new york times reported justice department told the lawmakers in a private briefing last month that it may not file any charges against black writer or the individual guards justice department officials said they face major legal obstacles for months after the shootings and nearly five years into the iraq invasion it remains unclear whether blackwater is subjected to any legal jurisdiction for its operations in iraq state department investigators also granted blackwater guards immunity in return for their testimony in the shooting the immediate aftermath  report the group's human rights first blames the lack of prosecution on a lack of political will rather than legal uncertainty the report says the u s government reaction to that shootings has been characterized by confusion defensiveness a multipl city of uncoordinated ad hoc investigations and interagency finger pointing these feathers underscored the justice department's unwillingness or inability to systematically investigate and prosecute allegations of serious violent crimes blackwater is being sued in a civil case brought on behalf of some of the victims families meanwhile democracy now is learning that another western contractor is being sued for the fatal shooting of an iraqi civilian lawyers for the family of morani a want us man iraq have filed suit against the contractor r t i international and private military firm unity resources group the suit alleges unity resources guard shot and i has hired unity resources to provide security for its operations in iraq r t i has received hundreds of millions and u s government contracts in its iraqi work in israel and the occupied territories israel is continuing its latest assault on the gaza strip while palestinian militants intensify rocket fire on israeli towns three palestinian civilians including a thirteen year old were killed wednesday when and israeli missile hit their car israel called the attack an air and said it was targeting militants the killings came one day after nineteen thousand years lost their lives the highest single day palestinian death toll in more than a year meanwhile palestinian rockets continue to hit nearby israeli towns israel says eighteen rockets landed in israel today causing two slight injuries israel has continued attacks in gaza after rejecting a truce offer from hamas last month speaking from syria hamas political leader gullied michel said israel has sabotage any chance of a cease fire he also said what are you what you are doing will prevent you from any movement you may bet on no exchange involving gilad shalit and no ceasefire this palestinian blood will shorten the life of israel and will not bring you security or peace there 's no peace with killers and no security with criminals gaza attacks also come just days after president bush visited the region to promote u s backed talks earlier today palestinian authority negotiators saeed bereket said negotiations with israel are pointless so long as assault on gaza continues meanwhile president bush was in egypt once he to conclude his middle east tour despite o'kane the continued israeli raids on god in expanding settlements in the west bank bush said the world should be encouraged if the prospects for peace because he is optimistic he also said when i was say i'm coming back to stay engaged i mean it and i say i'm optimistic we can get a deal done i mean what i'm saying bush's trip to egypt lasted just four hours hundreds of egyptian lawyers gathered in cairo to protest his visit to washington post reports a growing resentment from arab pro democracy activists who said bush has a bad in previous rhetorical promises to support democracy efforts in the middle east bush made no public criticism of saudi arabia or egypt crackdown on dissidents during his in kenya police opened fire on opposition protest against a disputed election for the second straight day police fired killed at least four demonstrators on wednesday more than six hundred people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced since president wil missile shield didn't cause this year's trip as measure against potential from iran but it's not widely seen as a first strike weapon public opinion polls continue to show majority opposition to the missile shield in the czech republic and poland the other plan host the polish government is asking the u s to finance problems own military air expansion in return for its involvement in the south ocean to anti whaling activists have been captured and detained abo japanese whaling vessel the activists were members of the sea shepherd conservation society they were held after boarding a japanese ship to deliver a letter protesting japanese whaling practices australia's federal court has ordered japan to stop hunting and killing whales anywhere around this coastline or off australian antarctic territory sea shepherd director john of the vatican said the activists are being held in virtual prison like conditions he said they have basically have been tied to the rails for several hours in prison called they were taken down and walked into a room japanese whaling authorities say the activists had tried to vandalize the ship and government is calling on japan to secure the move could lead to a major legal standoff over how far the military can go to ignoring environmental laws and in campaign news senator barack obama is coming under criticism for parents  slight the civil rights and very honest movements while expressing admiration for former president ronald reagan in an overview with the editorial board of the reno gazette obama latte reagan's challenge to what obama called the excesses of hundred sixty s and seventy's senator barack obama said i think ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america in a way that richard nixon did not and in a way that bill clinton did not he put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it i think they felt like with all the excesses of the sixty's and seventy's the government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense in accountability in terms of how it was operating i think people he just tap into what people were already feeling which was what we want clarity we want optimism we want to return to the sense of dynamic don manama's them and interpret neuros ship that has been missing did not specify what he believes those excesses were but reagan is widely credited with leading the right wing backlash against the gains of the civil rights and feminist movement that preceded his nine hundred eighty election on a little side note he also let out all the people in the mental institutions and didn't fix that the bush administration is claiming to have used recycled tapes to record e mail messages during his three years in office the white house says that process could mean some correspondence have been lost because of the overlap in the tapirs citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington and national security archive have followed suit over that they say are millions of missing white house e mail messages that should be public record with the public such as sales clerks and receptionists immigrant rights activists say the bill could lead to firings of workers who speak any language other than english during a break or over the phone to  believe the bush administration has released four hundred fifty million in emergency money to help low income families cover resin heating costs this one year despite the new problems the low income housing energy assistance program says it's only has enough money to cover sixteen percent of the thirty six million eligible low income households of the last commander of the american volunteers who fought against the facets in the spanish civil war has died more than twenty seven hundred americans went to spain in defiance of the u s government to serve in what they call the abraham lincoln brigade wolf was twenty two years old when he became the brigands last commander he went on to become active in the civil rights and the anti be it not war movement in the one nine hundred eighty s were personally delivered ambulances to the nicaraguan government when reagan administration was trying to overthrow it  wolf died this week at the age of ninety two and that's a wrap today for our world news but now we have some late breaking local news  convicted last week of holding a young hitchhiker against her will and threatening to kill her has bailed out of jail according to sheriff's officials charles sullivan the sixty one year old who paid fifteen paid a fifteen hundred dollars bond and was released from one brown correction twenty eighth in nevada county superior court he's facing a maximum of four years and eight months in prison and at arena a reno teenager has pleaded guilty to assault charges related to a confrontation at a halloween party were a truckie snowboarder was slain nineteen year old sal a man who faces sentencing ranging from probation do up to six years in prison on each count of assault when sentence later this year charles coogan kelly twenty one of truckee was one of the three people shot to death at the off campus campus party that was attended by university of nevada football players so much so on talk of tofu who also nineteen who crashed a college party with menu is charged on three counts of murder with the use of firearm and four counts of assault with a deadly weapon doherty said the shooting erupted after an altercation on a crowded dance floor when it was lawyer said men who took a loaded pistol to the october twentieth party and pointed at people after the fight broke out but didn't shoot him kelly was a native of sierra valley who had hoped to establish himself as a professional snowboard this one or several snowboarding films featured his exploits according to that and j b sponsor nate brower truckie kelly also had enjoyed fishing and swimming in the area and had been living in donna lake prior to his death with his mother and two sisters the other people the dead in the shooting the night were derrick jensen twenty three of reno and mason the horn twenty three of fallon now to four hour news today and now for a weather breezy this morning then decreased