business to nevada county already is here in the quality of life but the solid schools and infrastructure needs to remain a bedrock of the area code into four area interpret yours one said an initiative to curb development in grass valley sponsored by the rural quality coalition would be a black cloud to economic development efforts for business leaders spoke friday at the start of a two day economic development conference between county supervisors and city council members from truckee grass valley and nevada city they also said it was fruitless to try and attract firms from outside the state given california's tough regulations and reputation for not being business friendly the meeting was a continuation of an economic summ february and spurred by a fifty thousand dollars report commissioned by the board of supervisors the report from the consultant libby site phil said this county needs to attract new businesses retain and expand what is now has and becomes less dependent on tourism speakers also said the county needs to keep and bolster its schools because prosperity workers and workers always ask about them right away the county already has a strong brand presence of the high tech video industry because of thompson's grass valley and the entertainers urged it be utilized to attract other business talents to grass valley group has an incredible reputation internationally said john at owner of asia  engineers he needs when our customers see we are from grass valley that's a good thing absented they know the product will be good and it attracts people high tax there's a jew up here said dan castle's chief executive  tele stream who also moved here to work for grass valley group and state western nevada county is one of the six or seven best places in the world for video expertise because a grass valley group in the cottage industry spawned from  also said looking outside the area for business would be tough and ridiculous outside of the state cold calls to locate here are the roll of the dice he said meaning people who want to live here or came here already had a link to the area my family vacations here and i went to high school here he said that was what castle said developer robert upton built the nevada city tech center because former business partner knew about local commercial realtor block rick richards and is grass valley is doing something outside and beyond the normal planning process it would be a black cloud over the area and initiative like the one proposed for grass valley would not have much made much difference to kevin marshall when he bought his bride here real estate information business to trucking his customers do not live there but he and the people who work for him do because of the recreational opportunities and the quality of life our staff came here largely because after college they wanted to decompress marshall said if you go to the bay area and throw a rock you're going to hit somebody who makes six figures and wants to move to a better county and then another story with thousand prizes down the local construction industry slump and population growth a tad higher than flack county leaders meet today and saturday to discuss how to bolster the economy and draw higher paying jobs to the area  valley group spinoffs and developers of new nevada city tech center will make presentations on why business investments businesses invest in bad accounting matthew president and c e o of the county economic resource council we'll talk about their hurdles and opportunities in the economic development in the county in a separate presentation to nevada county general commerce and local business organizations will offer their input at the meeting no which was this last saturday very officials convened in february for the first time to discuss local economy after report commissioned by the nevada counted showed leaders should shift their attention in three hundred dollars and dollars in funds to attracting new business and depend less on real estate and tourism which fluctuate with the economy the cycle report released in november two thousand and seven created a firestorm of protest among those saying to terrorism should remain an important element we want to look at diversity in our economy said ted owens chairman of the county board of supervisors a more diverse local economy will be more resistant to the highs and lows of the general economy local policymakers are learning about the economic need of the area through these meeting sidra caffie county executive officer he also said at this week's meetings they'll be looking at the next step for action and all western about a county residents could have broadband internet service by two thousand and ten and people living in syria he could have complete coverage as fully as the summer said gil matthew president of the county economic resource council a two hundred forty thousand dollars grant from the california merging technology fund will pay for an aggregated broadband project being put into place by this year economic development corporation based in auburn as he decor serves nevada sierra placer and eldorado counties by the end of two thousand and ten we'd like to have broadband for every citizen in the county and that's how we're marching through leaders throughout the region believe making broadband internet access widely available will stimulate business growth already some professional families have moved into the area because they can stay connected to the high paying jobs elsewhere many area businesses have significant sales on the internet new wireless technology will make it all happen mattie's added he won't be as fast as a wire system but it will be a lot faster than dial up bringing broadband to everyone will happen through a small independent provider not a large carrier like eighteen they're way too slow and stodgy for days matthew said the gra finance a study to determine how many people have and want broadband service and how much they are willing to pay for it the broadband working group will use the grant to map existing infrastructure and entice providers to bring services to all four rural counties as the decor serves matthews also add the wheels on the infrastructure project began moving a year ago when governor arnold schwarzenegger set up a state wide goal of achieving coverage for residents choosing to pay for broadband some residents live in an outlying areas of the county relied on slow slow dial up service pay for see a satellite or other alternative businesses they're working on this the belief is your county will probably half for broadband coverage before the end of summer matthews said let's hope so that and world news headlines today six iraqi civilians killed in u s attack in basra and bush urges larger afghan occupation nato expansion and a mosque would accept a state of the sixty seven borders of palestinians die waiting israelis permission for medical treatment an opposition party wins zimbabwe parliament vote in ecuador parliament okays bans on foreign military bases and bipartisan housing rico suit seeking f b i don in rio and michael chertoff says many immigrants won't be granted status in time for the november vote and fusion centers collect share personal in are living in daily situation it is so hard to transport the sick people to the hospital not masses that you see are only part of the people that are left early in the morning to work we call the government to find out solution or we stage a sit in just in the city will be terrible it will be a city and agencies because the military operations that happen in these areas which lead to sealing off these areas does lead to the consumption of all food stuffs and president bush is in romania today and  just last week nato summit the last of his presidency on wednesday bush presses u s allies and increased troop commitments in afghanistan he also said we must win i agree completely to i ensure that we do when france is sending additional forces to afghanistan the united states is to point an additional thirty five hundred marines remaining it is adding forces as are several other allies we ask other nato nations to step forward with additional forces as well which is also pushing the eastward mysel says hamas has accepted the two thousand and eight prisoners document drafted by the members a different part of palestinian factions the agreement calls for palestinian state west bank gaza strip in east jerusalem earlier this week the arab league renewed a six year old peace proposal based on similar terms successive israel governments have either ignored or rejected the offer which would require the dismantling of israel's settlements in occupied west bank meanwhile the world health organization has reported dozens of palestinians have died while waiting for israel's permission to receive medical care in israel the debbie h o says thirty two gaza residents have died awaiting treatment since october the victims range from one year old child to a seventy year old seven year old woman and six of the dead were waiting for permits others were denied permits because israeli officials labeled them a security risk others had received permits for themselves but had to await israeli permission to admit palestinian doctors and others died while waiting to cross the red border crossing into israel and ends a block away final result so the main opposition party movement for democratic change is nearly won the parliamentary elections and ecuador lawmakers have approved a ban on foreign military bases if approved by voters a measure could bring an end to u s military bases and maintain like we're doing president referral korea has previously said industry while offering little to the millions of homeowners facing foreclosure lawmakers rejected proposals including allowing bankruptcy judges to modify mortgage rates in individual cases struggling homeowners would mostly benefit from one hundred million allocated to counseling services an increase leeway for local authorities to refinance mortgages through tax exempt bonds homebuilders would get the most assistance with six billion in tax rebates dean baker of this center of economic and policy research said recession speaking before congressional joint economic committee banana q said a recession is possible and state officials and environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the environmental protection agency and the white house to determine whether greenhouse emissions endangered public outside the suit comes one year after the supreme court ruled the e p a has authority under the clean air act to regulate emissions the court d p a had violated the clean air act by improperly declining to regulate new vehicle emissions standards to control the pollutants that scientists say contribute to global warming but one year later the bush administration has yet to take any action on the really despite a recent e t a task force finding that emissions endangered public health and the supreme court has refused to hear lawsuit from peta puerto rico seeking the f b i files in the killing of the puerto rican independent leader philip berto rio's puerto rico had filed suit after the f b i refused to hand over information on it killing of rios in september two thousand and homeland security secretary michael chertoff has admitted that hundreds of thousands of immigrants awaiting the citizenship might not be granted legal status before november elections democratic senator ted kennedy says five hundred eighty thousand and the grahams awaiting citizenship likely won't be allowed to vote and new details have been revealed on government collection of americans personal information the washington post is reporting so called fusion centers established following the nine eleven attacks have collected a more extensive array of data and previously known according to the government documents the fusion centers collects cell phone numbers insurance claims credit reports financial records and names of relatives and associates the information is shared among law enforcement officials nation wide and in south dakota abortion opponents are are reviving their campaign for an abortion ban two years after voters defeated the group vote yes for life dot com says it has collected three times the needed signatures to put an anti abortion major back on the ballot this november two years ago south dakota voters rejected a measure that would have allowed bush and only to save a woman's life the latest measure is slightly less restrictive also allowing abortions in the case of rape or incest and in virginia governor has stayed all executions until supreme court decides on the legality of lethal injections just as heard arguments on january in a case challenging whether lethal injections amounted to cruel and unusual punishment it is and could come before the court in june and in new york prosecutors rested their case wednesday in the trial of three police officers accused of killing sean bell on our belt died on his wedding day in a hot hail of fifty five police bullets after the last witness prosecutors called emergency room surgeon who treated bell's friend joseph guzman who was shot sixty times surgeons dr albert cooper said guzman nearly died from several intestinal want defense attorneys for the officers begin presenting their case today or this was you keep informed on that one and that is a wrap for our world news today permit that research at city hall did not result in any permits people needed a business license and coachmen permit to sell shirts please contact to the people who said they were and they said they were not something they were displaying as yours and they did was walking strangely on the street backstreet police were unable to look at the juvenile six fifty six p m one reported someone saw a person carrying a gun at bennett street and bank street if you minutes ago please check  terry extensively more honorable to look at a person with a gun and a twenty five pm caller reported an elderly woman in a wheelchair was trying to hitch a ride home in west main street in church street police checked area extensive way and were unable to locate a trouble if they had a county sheriff's office thursday nine twelve a m call from thirteen thousand block of downwind court reported neighbors were not keeping trash contained and the bears were bringing it on to the college property  wanted to know if this was considered littering so you're going to get to go bears twelve fifteen p m a person at the front counter reported medication was stolen at a residence in the ten thousand block rd of course and she write a check so he could get her medical help the woman did not give the man any money however the caller wanted to deputy to contact the woman regarding a possible stand a deputy would follow up four fourteen p m caller from ten thousand block next weekend we will be reaching a little seventy's in the daytime so get ready couple of stories here foul play in new york prompts unusual court ordering protecting a duck out of central just like new york a court has issued what it could be at least a local first in order protection for a duck so folks county judge approved a major thursday telling a man accused of shooting a family's pet duck to stay away from the bird and her owners so full county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals chief roy gross said he can't recall a previous court case involving cruelty to a duck on janet lip and god said a group of young people bonded over her backyard fence and swarmed the yellow bil converters from car lot and harrison last week to converters are popular targets of thieves because they can be sold to speculators he's being held eighty thousand dollars bond his son is found to seeing police believe lip public domain movie show thanks again for watching and we 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