far during break from the wins a break in the windy weather a lot of firefighters to gain ground on the stubborn wildfire near lake tahoe and prepare for more blustery conditions forecast for thursday more than twenty one hundred firefighters took advantage of the calm to tame the blaze on two fronts the small town of meyers just south of here and on the edge of several densely populated subdivisions near the lake itself where another flight jumped a containment line a day earlier their work kept the flames from spreading wednesday and the fire was fifty five percent contained by nightfall so it rich hawkins the u s forest service fire commander however a doherty's remain cautious with the force cast calling for fifteen to twenty five mile per hour winds and gusts and it reached forty miles per hour thursday afternoon a surprisingly large gust earlier in the week had turned firefighters off because their line and forced of evacuation of three hundred subdivisions it's really hard to predict what these winds are going to do said kelly martin a fire behavior and now says who addresses hundreds of firefighters from across the state when earlier in the day the governor of the two states lake tahoe straddles california arnold schwarzenegger and nevada's jim gibbons toured neighborhoods where the wildfire had destroyed more than two hundred homes and other buildings since it began sunday examining the remains of  amazing he told in a little else so why the infernal metal mattress coral's a bicycle tools half melted televisions concrete foundations and chimneys were about all that was left of the burned houses some neighborhood and every building stood virtually untouched it could have been much worse if we had hadn't had such well trained firefighters said swartz an anchor the eldorado county sheriff's department estimated the total property damage at  hundred forty one million that figure does not include the cost of repairing downed power lines and other damages to the infrastructure and all about thirty five hundred people have been evacuated according to statistics relating relayed to the visiting governors at a news conference once nader and other elected officials faced and were questions from reporters and residents about whether a regional planning agency's strict rules against clearing brush or debris from private property had hampered efforts to protect homes from fire to top the regional planning agency a joint nevada california entity charged with protecting the lake tahoe environmental and water quality have been heavily criticized for swartz an acre sidestepped the question in denounced finger pointing at a time when firefighters and government officials were trying to save hundreds of homes swardson agger also signed an executive order suspending replacement fees for those who lost personal records such as driver's license or vehicle registration documents to the fire he also asked state tax authorities to grant extension for those affected hundreds of homes within the lake view of the lake remained under mandatory evacuation orders while residents of the already damaged areas are still being asked to stay away as p but many returned at least long enough to stuff more belongings into cars and trucks before leaving again other came back camping out ready garden hose and even buckets to douse embers of winds kicked up the blaze has char more than three thousand acres about four point seven square miles one minor injury was reported wednesday want to firefighters hand was broken by falling boulder fire officials were still predicting a far would be contained by tuesday authorities ruled wednesday that the fire has was caused by human activity but said that the exact cause remained under investigation they have said there is no indication it was set intentionally is  cigarette it can't fire is some other cause we don't know hawkins said fire investigators interviewed around ten witnesses believed to be among the first to spot the blaze as it worked out from popular jargon and hiking paths about seven miles stiles west of the lake farther south more than fourteen hundred firefighters who work in a blaze in kern county about eighty miles north of los angeles that had destroyed twelve homes eleven thousand three hundred acre fire was sixty percent contained wednesday and moving slowly despite a five to twenty five mile per hour wind and only twelve percent humidity authorities believe that the blaze also was caused by human activity but the exact cause remains under investigation and another local story the grand jury lambasted county courthouse only inmates around crowded nevada county courthouse hallways is irresponsible expensive and potential threat to the public according to the grand jury report issued wednesday to grand jury admonished the board of supervisors and sheriff keys to roil for not using a closed circuit video system already in place that links the courts to the county jail for criminal charge arraignment the grand jury said the court house security and cost concerns are not new and were addressed in two previous reports to grand jury has repeatedly called attention to the lack of security within a vatican at a courthouse and the board of supervisors is irresponsible for the county to move in it's too crowded public always continuing this practice places inmates the public and law enforcement personnel in harm's way and exposes the taxpayers of nevada county to potential liability a supervisor chairman john spencer say he had not read the report in detail and declined to comment sheriff rove took exception to the criticism of not using the closed circuit system enough we don't drive that engine the court will say they are the ones who decide to use it or not the local judges have not elected to use it to its maximum capacity ross said sapir a court judge c anders homer the system in truckee for criminal arraignment and it saves money by not having to transport printers back and forth from correctional facility in nevada city to closed circuit system is considered for violent and the nevada city courthouse but it is not considered for regular use going into precise supreme court judge shon dolling arraignment days are handled in the courthouse because you have everybody in the same place at the same time hearing cases between a courtroom in the jail and another in the courthouse would split up the court officials defendants and lawyers down instead using an electronic courtroom for arraignments also requires  defense lawyers he said public defender don lone said he did not know why the system hasn't been utilized more but as a public defender for twenty years he said he might have an ax explanation for lawyers not wanting to use the electronic system it eliminates confidential show discussion with a client at rain let alone say often the first step a public defender gets to speak with the client the discussions are important to find out if the defendant has more legal problems said the sheriff and county officials are required to respond in writing to the grand jury report in august and september respect for more room for female prisoners three poor also said more space should be provided for female inmates at the white brown correctional facility because the current situation forces male and female inmates to share the recreation area which is potentially dangerous to grand jury recommended building a complete new female inmate housing unit we're exploring steps to expand the wayne brown brown correctional facility to increase capacity to one hundred beds and deal with that issue royle said there are a lot more women violent offenders out there now share of kids rose said he will sit on the state steering committee to decide how one point two billion dollars in new jail construction money will be spent on the next few years we'll be comparing for that will be competing for that funding for more on the grand jury report to go to w w w dot several grand jury dot com was coming up soon july fourth july fourth injury prevention me fireworks to the pros fireworks cars approximately twenty five thousand grass brush dumpster and other fires annually today in massachusetts one of our only the only five states that bans the use of consumer far worse james jan president  national fire protection association n f p a appeared with massachusetts state fire marshal stephen d cohen and a panel of medical and public safety professionals to encourage the public to be smart  fireworks to the professionals and enjoy city from happy july fourth holiday joining the call in boston with a family of three year old michael shannon no relation to the n f p a president who was killed by a consumer michael story is featured in an online video being circulated as a public service by the alliance to stop consumer fireworks a coalition of twenty two national groups formed five years ago by n f p a and the american academy of pediatrics michael was killed one illegal consumer far took over and struck him in the head while he was between his father's legs more than forty feet away after michael's death the particular forward defies involved was taken off the market but similar devices remain available families need to understand the risks involved with using even legal consumer fart words so is james of the n f p a consumer far worse hurt many thousands of people in cars thousands of structural and vehicle fear nationwide drop raises additional fire risks year after year we stand with physicians and firefighters and fire were victims sounding warrant but injuries continue to occur the willingness of michael shannon's family to share their experience is truly admirable and is leading parents to think twice about home grown far work shows in two thousand and five ten thousand eight hundred people  treated at hospitals were just rooms for for work related injuries according to a recent report from the n f p a more than half fifty four percent of the two thousand five hundred words injuries were burns according to the n f p a report approximately twenty nine percent of the injuries were can tunisians or lacerations fireworks also cause approximately twenty five thousand grass fires brush and dumpster fires each year we hear the phrase i e d improvised explosive device every day on the news and yet that is exactly what fireworks are explosive devices said massachusetts state's fire marshal cohen let's keep explosives in the hands of professionals where they belong the n f p a has been a worldwide leader in providing fire electrical building and little life safety to the public since eighteen ninety six the mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other as it is on the quality of life by providing an advocating consensus codes and standards research training and education states with far worse bans include massachusetts delaware new jersey new york and rhode island if you want more information about this you can go to american pyro dot com for more information about the state by state fireworks laws the alliance to stop consumer fireworks includes the national fire protection association the american academy of pediatrics american academy of family physicians american academy of american association for hand surgery american association of public health physicians american burn association american college of emergency physicians american society of plastic surgeons center for injury research and policy emergency nurses association fire department safety officers association well national association of arson investigators the international association of fire chiefs and the national association of firefighters international fire national volunteer fire council and prevention of blindness of america and now with that we're ready for your favorite part the police blotter for june twenty eighth grass valley police department on tuesday at five seventeen p m a caller from the three hundred block of something where reported finding marijuana plants police would follow up at six forty seven p m a caller from the business on seven hundred block altman drive reported in employees stole from the business over the weekend and it was on tape an officer contact the caller who said the incident would be handled in a civil matter if the items were not returned the caller would contact police again at six forty eight p m a caller from the two hundred block of west main street report an asset and accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle police took a report and invites a lot of cyclists not to ride the motorcycle but he did so anyway at seven thirteen piano woman in a police station lobby reported her from the one hundred block of conaway ave reported someone just tried to kick in the front door please check the area and were unable to locate any suspects the door was not damaged at eleven thirty eight pm a call from the grocery store on eight hundred white reported a fight inside the store please contact the call of the people involved in a fight we're gone about a county sheriff's office on tuesday at eight thirty six a m it woman called the gas station on the sixteen thousand block of penn valley drive report a man in a wheelchair stole a can of beer and a bottle of jack daniels the man was drinking a beer on the station property the man returned to whiskey after an off duty california highway patrol officer confronted him the woman still wanted to press charges a deputy responded at nine thirty four a m a woman from the ten thousand block of castaway court called to report her ex husband was using her address and telephone number to open a credit card accounts at twelve o two p m my woman reported she was assaulted in a care home in the year nine hundred ninety nine or two thousand and one would call back later f taped interview at twelve fifty six pm a call reported at runway fourteen year old boy was last seen leaving home on the twelve thousand block of rough and ready highway two hundred two pm a caller from twelve thousand block of shipping lane wanted to follow a complaint against traffic and hitting himself in the head the officer responded at six fifteen pm a runaway youth returned to a home on rough and ready highway at seven fifty three pm a caller from the fifteen thousand block of ricky court reported rossouw it was dumped into the drainage canal the county environmental health department was notified at eight twenty one pm a woman from the ten thousand block of alice ave reported a man looked into her one of the night before the eighteen thousand block of penn valley drive reported a vehicle was burglarized nevada city police department on tuesday at two twenty six p m a caller from business on the seven hundred block of  someone stole a bottle of grey goose vodka and three bottles of an energy drink the police were unable to locate the alleged thieves for seven thirty one p m a caller from the reported put juveniles appeared to be delighted something and fire on the side of nevada street police were unable to locate the fire just so you know most of the stories and pictures pictures are not from the actual stories execution of the mentally ill killer is blocked out of washington  invite a supreme court on thursday blocked the execution of a state kill the texas killer saying lower courts should have considered psychiatric evidence about his mental illness to court ruled five four in the case of scott lewis who shot his in laws today as fifteen years ago in front of his wife and his young daughter lawyers for the convicted murders say that he suffers from severe documented illness that is the source of gross delusion should have been considered when pernetti was cancelled for execution suggests of anthony kennedy who wrote the majority opinion kennedy said pinetti should have been given the opportunity to submit expert psychiatric evidence and state court because it is uncontested that he made it substantial shorn of incompetency siding with kennedy and the maid jordi worked justices john paul stevens david souter and ruth bader ginsburg have urged so it can't the criminal justice legal foundation which supports capital punishment one of penalties lawyers he says hampton of austin texas said that what this just says in means is that you can bring in experts to try to determine a person's rationality executing people like benetti serves no purpose in offends our sense of decency and common humanity said gregory we're kill a staff attorney for texas defender services who argued the case before the supreme court in april texas has asked the court to reject pinetti as appeal on procedural grounds attorneys for the state also argue that the court should set a tougher standard for mental illness exceptions to capital punishment if the ranch and even hayward wisconsin pernetti had a history of mental problems including schizophrenia recording fourteen hospital stays over eleven years before his conviction to college took place an insane person could prove the insanity defense dressing in cowboy clothing and submitting an initial witness list that included jesus christ in john f kennedy then justice lewis powell said twenty years ago that a person may not put to death if he cannot perceive the connection between his crime and his punishment the eighth amendment of the constitution bars the execution of a person who is so lacking in rational understanding that he cannot comprehend that he has been put to death because of the crime he has convicted he was convicted of committing he said in the court papers but that's it for today and thanks a lot for watching and we will see