in today's local news the wife of a former nevada city mayor was arrested thursday afternoon on suspicion of embezzling more than one hundred thousand dollars from the homeowners association where she was treasurer that's fellow police arrested linda bach her bike forms for personal gain according to grass valley police sergeant doug grant the alleged embezzlement occurred between september seventeenth and september thirtieth of this year deputy district attorney jim phillips to county district attorney's office filed for felony charges against including three counts of felony investment and one count of stuff from an elder many of the victims were elderly philip said it thirty six members belong to the homeowners association and the majority of the residents are more than sixty five years old the homeowners association voted bulk off the board two weeks ago when they discovered the alleged investment through an audit s association president bill hagy association members contacted their bank citizens bank in grass valley and bank stand staff notified police after review of account records we're holding our breaths h said we've told everyone about it we're supposed to get restitution so we'll see what happens if citizens bank senior vice president michael been would not discuss the allegations citizens bank does not comment on these matters he said admitted in taking in what he but she was not clear with investigators about how she spent it ran say to us also filed in announcement more than fifty thousand dollars a year to the possible sentence as well as theft of more than one hundred thousand dollars making box potential ineligible for probation box husband tom ball was mayor of nevada arrest and she was booked into duane brown correctional facility later in the evening her arraignment had not yet been scheduled and then another story the local transient charged with murder in the beating death of a man who lived across the street from his a strange wife was a reign thursday on more criminal charges clifford mcdonnell thirty eight appeared in court thursday to face additional charges of misdemeanor battery in violating probation on wednesday he was  arraigned on charges of murder and involuntary manslaughter in the beating death of donald sullivan of grass valley mcdonnell allegedly had accused his this strange wife of having an affair with sullivan prior to the alleged beating charges stem from a prior arrest for battery against another man city county sheriff a county sheriff's deputy mcdonnell also was on probation for prior misdemeanor drug possession charges county assistant district test for macdonald will reveal whether drugs were in his body at the time of his arrest tuesday but dano had been in jail for a misdemeanor battery charge but he was released monday on his own recovery since robben avenue west of grass valley mcdonnell then allegedly walked over to sort of in stroller and beat him severely returned to his wife and allegedly beat her soul and was right to the hospital and placed on life support equipment police arrested mcdonnell tuesday morning and sullivan was taken off life support machines as soda roseville medical center tuesday afternoon the autopsy revealed the multiple bones in sullivan face chest and neck were broken ferguson said mcdonald's wife survived suffering a fractured eye socket and broken nose there is no indication mcdonnell used anything other than his fists and feet to beat his victims so ben leaves behind if one thousand year old daughter four sisters and many nieces and nephews according to is a bitch wary he enjoyed riding his harley davidson motorcycle fishing and other outdoor activities mcdonnell is set to enter his plea on the all on all charges against him one p m november first in the vet a county superior court and another hot story today despite hope that opponents and supporters of the nevada city downtown association can mend fences this week's red hot rhetorical didn't indicate smoother times ahead wednesday night's forty one nevada city council's vote appeared easy after the association opponent and proponents vented their anger at one another council meeting steve control castillo no vote the only thing they have to accomplish is to divide the business community said gary  owner of toad hall books referring to this so she should members i don't know how you sleep at night i don't take issue with in one who wants to take issue with the merits said jim garner hay chairman of the association but he said that he and his fellow board members received threats i think that's really sad some business owners said they didn't get proper notice of the proposed fee schedule modeled after the one used by the grass valley downtown association which places zones depending on where the business is located only twenty five percent of downtown district business owners staged formal protest to the new rate structure the association and the most council members countered th only notice required by the state law is ten days in a business owners receive fourteen days notice resident bill tried addressing what he heard this week about allegedly arguing in the streets and the subsequent threats get over the anger he said everyone has to grow up is twenty to thirty dollars a month this market is not free he added fees also are based on the number of workers in the business most businesses on broad street could pay one hundred to three hundred forty three per year based on a large number of business that just one or two workers most businesses within the rest of the district including spring and commercial street could pay between one hundred fifty four dollars and two hundred eighty six dollars before most of those jobs were required to pay three hundred sixty dollars per year the fees are expected to generate around thirty two thousand dollars compared to this year's nearly thirty five thousand dollars to improve the downtown district projects have included new benches the sidewalks they're cleaning of sidewalks and holiday placement of flags and the truckee police completed a two month investigation last week with the arrest of truck a couple for drug dealing in child engagement a spokesman said as a result of the arrest authorities turned over the couple toddler to the nevada county child protective services on friday truckee police officers arrested lopez twenty three well rested lopez's wife linda nineteen on suspicion of felony child endangerment officials transported the couple's three and a half month old infant to tell forest hospital for examination before transferring custody to nevada county officials tests are being done on the child to determine any contact with illicit drugs but the results are unknown at this time johnson added the director of the nevada county social services would not comment wednesday on the removal of the couple child but said the department would move quickly to assess the circumstances within forty eight hours social services will evaluate the conditions that either support or refute the alleged new collective alison klayman said they will then be placed on temporary shelter or return to the parents in a phone interview johnston said friday as the rest were unrelated to february's arrest of three men near truckee high school for possession of cocaine and methamphetamine for sale the m were later convicted although they're not linked it's a mistreats our effort to step up drug enforcement in turkey area lopez and land are each held thirty five thousand dollars bail and land was released after making bail and there you have it for our local news today dangerous truck president bush briefly toured the region with governor arnold schwarzenegger yesterday and pledged federal assistance to victims affected by the blaze the fire has destroyed one thousand seven hundred and seventy five homes so far and the bush administration has intensified its campaign against iran with a new round of sanctions against its military and leading companies on thursday the u s designated iran's revolutionary guard hi tear of weapons of mass destruction and its cords force of supporter of terrorism sanctions were also imposed on more than twenty firms and individuals treasury secretary henry paulson announced the move in washington he said iran exports its global financial ties to pursue nuclear capabilities to build ballistic missiles in front terrorism today we are taking additional steps to combat iran's dangerous conduct into engage in financial institutions worldwide to make the most informed decisions about those with whom they choose to do business darwinian regimes ability to pursue nuclear and ballistic missile programs in defiance of security council resolutions depends on its access to international commercial and financial systems meanwhile democratic lawmakers are questioning whether in nearly ninety million dollars request to fit b two bombers with bunker buster bombs is part of a preparation for an attack on iran of their rands nuclear facilities are believed to be underground the bush administration official request says the bombs are required in response to an urgent operational need from senior commanders it gives no further detail iraqi officials are in the turkish capital of one car today to stave off the threatened invasion to its work kurdish rebels turkey has held back from a full scale incursion by but has bombed in northern iraqi areas in the netherlands hundreds of people gathered out the nato summit thursday to protest the occupation of afghanistan to demonstrators took part in a mock action outside the hotel where nato military officials are meeting one protester bar said it's symbolic that nato leaders are hiding behind these walls to meet that and decide to move on with the mission in afghanistan where the majority of the dutch population and i see the same in the united states and canada are against the war and the six anniversary u s led invasion in afghanistan passed earlier this month tens of thousands are expected to turn out in eleven cities across the united states saturday for a national mobilization against the war in iraq organizes united for peace and it fallout against the war newly disclosed court documents reveal an innocent egyptian national falsely confessed to a crime after f b i agents threaten to torture his family was jailed for a month as a suspect accomplice in the nine eleven attacks f b i agents wanted him to admit to have special powers radio near the world trade center on nine eleven and interrogator told him his family would face torture in hell if he didn't he later said i knew i couldn't prove my innocence i knew my family was in danger if i say this device is mine i'm screwed and my family is going to be safe if i say this device is not mine i'm screwed and my family is in danger the details were contested that the confession was coerced and the oil giant b p has ordered to pay three hundred seventy three million dollars fine to settle three separate charges fifteen people were killed and hundreds were injured in  massive explosion in texas city refinery in two thousand by attorney acting attorney general peter kessler said under the agreement the company will plead guilty to one count of information charging it with felony violation of the clean air act b p will pay a fine of fifty million dollars and wells service three year period of probation this is the largest foreign ever says to a single entity under the clean air act and this is the first criminal person prosecution under the section of the app specifically created to prevent accidental release of the result in death or injury b p will also pay twenty million dollars for the pipelines and alaska oil field last year and a record three hundred sixty million to settle market price fixed charges from two thousand and four and tell you in court has dismissed the absentee trial of the u s soldier accused of killing the italian intelligence agent nicola calipari mario sanctions on the gaza strip including severe disruptions to his power supply is zero provide sixty percent of the electricity to gaza one and a half million palestinians israel has argued is no longer bound by international law governing treatment of occupied populations followed by designation of gaza as a hostile territory last month israel says it's taking a step to counter palestinian rocket fire but israel newspaper haaretz his reporting top israeli defense officials believe the new measure will actually intention for rocket attacks from palestinian militants the power cuts are seen a way to lay ground for both a major military is on gaza as well as further isolation that limits israel humanitarian obligations in the philippines former president joseph estrada has been pardoned following a six and a half year sentence on corruption charges has drawn and has spent most of that time under house arrest and on capitol hill the house has approved a revised measure of a thirty five billion dollars expansion to the state children's health insurance program known as s chip president bush vetoed the first bill earlier this month the house fell short of the two thirds needed to override the veto democrats had tried to win republican support by stressing the expanded health care would exclude undocumented immigrants didn't work here probably vetoed an american peace activist denied entry into canada earlier this month has again been detained by canadian authorities on her first attempt to return and write a retired army colonel and former diplomat was scheduled to speak at an anti war news conference thursday was going to be on lawmakers in the capital of ottawa right in the cold pink co founder medea benjamin were denied entry earlier this month after their names appeared on the f b i criminal database that the canadian government is using at its borders right benjamin had nine convictions between them all involving several different disobedience while protesting the war in iraq and the chair of the federal communications commission has been criticized for announcing a major public input me hearing on mediacom salvation just five days before it's set to take place the f c c chair kevin martin is already under scrutiny for backing measures that would eliminate limits on media ownership josh so are executive director of the watchdog group free press said the chairman is ignoring the undeniable evidence that media consolidation has a divestiture an impact on local news and diversity he may not want to listen to the countless americans who are sick and tired of broken media system but they will be heard by the way t v t v news we broadcast what we see not what somebody tells us to see and the white house has agreed to shared secret documents was senate judiciary committee members over the national security agency's domestic surveillance program to committee has approved a measure that would increase limited oversight of the spying while granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies involved and that's it there you have it for a world news today idaho marilyn road police contact the woman and took a report three eighteen p m a woman from the one hundred block of highland court reported a twenty six year old man was has made threats to kill her and he was attempting to purchase a gun police contacted the terminus threats against her were heard by another person the woman and her family were advised of a restraining order process police told her to contact them if she is contacted by the man in the future four sixteen p m woman from the one hundred block of mallard drive reported a man with an indian accent called the said he was an f b i agent and he was going to arrest her for doing cocaine police contacted the woman need to term and no crime had occurred at five twelve p call from the store in a one hundred block of neil street reported a man took some beer and a customer stopped him so he returned a beer to the store the man was sitting in a gray capri and was not leaving the parking lot police contacted to nineteen year old man and arrested him on a local passenger on suspicion of been under the influence of a controlled substance and possessing drug paraphernalia thursday one forty eight a m police stopped it all on east main street and arrested a twenty three year old woman on suspicion of drunken driving police also arrested a twenty year old woman on suspicion of public drunkenness the car was towed to a lot of one thirty one pm a caller from the courthouse reported a person was virtually hostile towards the court is going to step color one day log entry five thirty pm a woman called from the ten thousand block of king's way to report she had found a shotgun shell in her mailbox and that she believed it was a threat from her neighbor five fifty two pm call from the ten thousand block of colby road reported a man and woman were fighting in a parking lot the deputy took a report for battery and transported the man to placer county back if she received a cleaner and then he went back in the bottle thursday one forty six a m call reported a vehicle went into a ditch on any drive in nevada irrigation district sign was upper seventy's highs will be near eighty's on sunday with mostly sunny skies and that's the weather now in other things for our underwriters and t v t v news is broadcast monday through friday on