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The greatest ‘merci’
France honors
Nevada County
man, 9 others
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Prosecution
rests in trial of
‘sovereign citizen’
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“
You did your
duty. You said
to Eisenhower: ‘You
can count on us.’ …
And you saved France
and Europe from hell.
You saved people you
didn’t even know.
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French Consul General
Pauline Carmona
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The Legion of Honor medals to be presented to 10
American WWII veterans who served in France.
to World War II veterans she
awarded the Legion
of Honor medal
Man found dead in GV homeless camp
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Grass Valley City Manager Bob Richardson delivered lay-off notices to seven
city employees Tuesday as
part of a staff reorganization plan that will provide
roughly $300,000 annually
in projected cost savings for
the city’s general fund over
the next five years.
“Almost a year ago, I sat
down with all city employees in the council chambers, told them what our financial forecast looked like,
and said within a year this
organization will need to be
much smaller,” Richardson
said. “We set out on a task
to find what is the best way
to meet our financial obligations, while still providing at least the same level of
services to our citizens, and
this was the ultimate best
approach that we all could
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come up with.”
On Jan. 13, Grass Valley
City Council members approved a resolution directing Richardson to take the
necessary steps, including
meeting with employee
bargaining units, to put
into effect a plan that would
potentially save the city
more than $300,000 a year
in general fund appropriations for fiscal years 2015
through 2019.
The reorganization plan
was created to combat
foreseeable budgetary pressures, including increases in
CalPERS employer contributions to the tune of $2.2
million over the next four
years, and post-employment benefits that will see
the city’s unfunded liability
of $3.2 million increasing
to $200,000 a year.
According to city
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restaurant called Hot’s
Kitchen and foie gras
producers in New York
and Canada challenged
the ban. It remains illegal
for California farmers to
force-feed birds, which
is how the delicacy is
produced. Animal rights
groups say the practice is
inhumane.
A statement from the
restaurant and producers
say they’re confident the
ban will be upheld on
appeal.
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LOS ANGELES —
California is trying to keep
foie gras off the menu.
The attorney general’s
office filed an appeal
Wednesday of a ruling
that blocked the state ban
on selling fatty goose or
duck liver produced out
of state.
A federal judge ruled
last month that the law
doesn’t trump federal
poultry regulations.
A Hermosa Beach
subject in his 60s,” Gammelgard said. “It appeared
to be a single occupant
homeless camp, with no
tent, more of a makeshift
small scale encampment …
We did an investigation to
determine if there
was any foul play, and
there appeared to be no
injuries out of the ordinary or signs of struggle, or
other indicators we would
look for in a criminal act.
But the investigation is still
under way.”
Gammelgard said the
deceased man appeared to
have been homeless, but
details around his identity and cause of death will
not be released until the
coroner is able to notify the
subject’s next of kin.
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The Grass Valley Police
Department is investigating the death of a man
found Wednesday morning in a homeless camp in
the 600 block of Freeman
Lane.
“At this point we don’t
suspect any foul play or
suspicious circumstances,” Lt. Alex Gammelgard
said. “The case is turned
over to the (Nevada County
Sheriff ’s Coroners Division)
and they have retained custody over the body and the
property of the deceased.”
According to Gammelgard, police units received
a call around 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday of a potentially
deceased subject. An individual came across a small
encampment on Freeman
Lane and saw what appeared to be a dead man.
“Our officers arrived
and confirmed that there
was a deceased male
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Brant Hardin — testifying
the first day.
According to the criminal complaint filed against
Cole, on June 14, Pultorak stopped Cole after he
observed Cole driving
his truck on a closed dirt
road on BLM land near
the South Yuba River
campground.
Pultorak warned
Cole not
to drive on
the road
again and
allowed
him to
Brent Cole
leave without issuing
him a citation.
Pultorak then continued up the dirt road and
discovered a makeshift
campsite with two motorcycles — one of which had
been reported stolen, and
one of which had expired
tags, according to the complaint. He requested the
CHP’s help to impound the
motorcycles.
Cole subsequently arrived
at the campsite armed,
and fired at Pultorak after
both law enforcement officers drew their weapons,
Grass Valley city
staff to be laid off
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U.S. Army veteran Mas Tsuda receives the Legion of Honor medal from French Consul
General Pauline Carmona on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. The award makes Tsuda a knight of
the French Republic.
After less than two full
days of testimony, the prosecution has rested its case
against the “sovereign citizen” involved in a June 14,
2014, shoot-out off North
Bloomfield Road that injured a federal Bureau of
Land Management ranger
and a California Highway
Patrol officer.
Brent Douglas Cole, 61, is
expected to testify that he
shot the officers in self-defense after the BLM ranger
fired first.
He has been charged with
assault on a federal officer
with a deadly weapon that
inflicted bodily injury, assault on a person assisting a
federal officer with a deadly
weapon that inflicted bodily
injury, and discharge of a
firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
If convicted of all counts,
Cole faces a possible maximum statutory penalty of
50 years in prison and a
$750,000 fine.
Cole’s trial began Tuesday in federal court in
Sacramento, with the two
involved law enforcement
officers — BLM Ranger Tad
Pultorak and CHP Officer
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ith an earnest “merci”
and the customary double air-kiss, French Consul
General Pauline Carmona pinned the Legion of
Honor medal on Nevada
County resident Mas Tsuda
and nine other World War
II veterans Tuesday in San
Francisco.
“I am here today to tell
you that the people of
France have not forgotten,”
Carmona told the audience
of nearly 100 veterans,
their families and guests
gathered for the ceremony
in the living room of her
charming old-fashioned
residence in the Twin Peaks
area of the city. “Their
children and grandchildren
have not forgotten.
“France will never forget,”
Carmona said, as some in
the audience dabbed at
their eyes with tissues.
It was 71 years after
Tsuda, 90, of Alta Sierra, helped liberate parts
of France and rescued a
Texas battalion trapped
behind German lines as a
member of the 442nd U.S.
Army regiment of Japanese-American soldiers.
Of the 10 veterans honored Tuesday, five were part
of the Nisei, or second-generation Japanese-American, 442nd regiment,
whose motto was “Go for
Broke.”
“It was historic that these
Americans were honored
by a foreign government,”
said Tom Davisson of Nevada City, a former Nevada
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