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Friday, December 27, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries Interest payments boost Delta plans cost estimate SACRAMENTO (AP) — New figures that factor in long-term financing costs have more than doubled the estimated $25 billion price tag of a plan to restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. At the heart of the Delta plan are two underground tunnels that would replace the delta's current pumping system that endangers fish and other wildlife. State officials have pegged the entire project's cost, SALARY Continued from page 1A counties to compare all of its employee salaries against. In September the Board of Supervisors gave its consent that the issue should appear on an upcoming ballot and that it would prefer a June primary ballot. Supervisor Bob Williams said at the time that the June ballot com- HEAD Continued from page 1A Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Frances Rebecca Bounds Frances Rebecca Bounds, of Gerber, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 77. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. this location for five years. Previously it was in the downtown corridor. The store has been burglarized six times in total, all of which have occurred in the last five years, City Shoes owner, Arlene Groos said. "The downtown location was never broken into," she said. "I think we are set back far enough (now) to where people feel more secure versus being straight on the street on Skyway." This burglary was slightly different than the other burglaries in how the perpetrator entered the location. "This time he threw a cinder block through the door, but used his head to bust through the rest of it. He got cut up pretty badly," Groos said. Glenn County Jail for investigation of inflicting corporal injury to a spouse and threatening to commit a crime that would result in great bodily injury Continued from page 1A or death. Bail was set at $175,000. into custody. He was booked into the The victim was provided with WOMAN LAW Continued from page 1A year-old California Interscholastic Federation rules under which athletes may petition to play on a sports team that does not correspond with their biological sex, already compel schools to accommodate transgender students. The association has advised schools to handle requests on a case-bycase basis and with parental input, if possible, but to be prepared to make private changing arrangements both for transgender students and for classmates who might object to dressing with them. ''We did strike a balance between the sensitivities associated with gender identity, not only for those students who experience a change in their gender status but the students who would be in the same facilities, in the same classrooms and on the same teams,'' General Counsel Keith Bray said. Parent Christy Musser said she plans to take two of her three school age children out of public schools in Southern California. Her oldest son will remain in the high school where he is a sophomore, but Musser said her eighth-grade daughter feels so uncomfortable about a transgender student coming into the restroom or locker room that she distributed flyers about the referendum at school. ''At this time in their lives, these kids are young, innocent and are just learning about themselves and their bodies, and they don't need to worry about boys coming in the locker room and looking at them, or vice versa,'' she said. San Diego school board president, Kevin Beiser, said those fears are unfounded. In the absence of statewide guidance, schools have been dealing with this challenge ''in a very delicate, thoughtful and compassionate manner for many years,'' he said. ''This idea that schools will let a student walk into whatever bathroom they want is baloney,'' said Beiser, who works as a high school math teacher in a neighboring district. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Now Offering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 9A $67 billion. The figures were presented at a meeting of a Central Valley water district last month. The Mercury News says their accuracy was confirmed by the state Department of Water Resources. County staff discussed changes pared to the November ballot attracts voters who seriously care that would give more local control to the process. about county issues. Bruce will face a public election At the same meeting the board for the final two years of her discussed the potential for another ballot measure, which would change appointed term in June. the process of how supervisor Williams and Chairman Dennis vacancies are filled. Garton's positions will also be on That discussion stemmed from that ballot. the death of Supervisor George Russell and the lengthy wait before Gov. Rich Greene can be reached at Jerry Brown appointed Sandra 527-2151, ext. 109 or Bruce to the position. rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. Williams allegedly entered the business with a game plan already in place, knowing exactly what he wanted to grab. "Most likely he had been in here before because he knew what he was running to grab, or he was looking in the windows prior, went around back and got a cinder block and came through," she said. Williams allegedly left a trail of clothing leading toward Maxx 4 Less, where he was eventually arrested, similar to what happened on July 9 when the store was burglarized. "We wouldn't have caught him there, but I believe the cop spotted him on the corner of Skyway and Bille, and somebody said there was another disturbance call at Maxx 4 Less of a drunk guy," Groos said. "The cop put two and two together, the drinking here and the call of him doing domestic violence support information. An emergency protective order will be sought and served on Gunn. The case will now be sent to the Office of the District Attorney for further legal proceedings. The possibility that the law could be overturned worries Ashton Lee, 16, a junior at Manteca High School in the San Joaquin Valley. Born a girl, Ashton told his parents and school administrators his sophomore year that he was transgender. But he said school officials balked when he asked to be transferred from an all-girls aerobics class to a team sports class for boys. ''They didn't understand the seriousness of the issue I was dealing with,'' he said. ''They treated it like a normal thing, like I didn't like the class or was bored with the teacher.'' Ashton lobbied for the law last spring and thinks his public activism helped persuade Manteca High to acknowledge his gender identity when school resumed in August. He now is allowed to use the boy's restrooms and locker rooms and to wear the junior ROTC uniform for male cadets. Similar adjustments have been made for five transgender classmates. The law's passage ''showed them this is OK, this is going to be happening in a lot of other places,'' he said. ''If it gets taken away, I'm kind of worried my school will be like, 'Well, we don't have to do it anymore.'' California's law comes amid legal challenges across the country involving transgender students filing actions for the right including the tunnels, at $25 billion. But the San Jose Mercury News reports that when interest payments on bonds to finance the project are factored in, the estimated cost goes up to between $51 billion and to use facilities that match their expressed identities. In June, the director of Colorado's civil rights board ruled in favor of a 6-year-old transgender girl who had been prevented from using the girl's bathroom at school. The next month, the Arcadia Unified School District in California agreed to train its staff on transgender issues to settle a complaint brought by a student prevented from staying with other boys during a schoolsponsored overnight science camp. The San Francisco Unified School District has had a policy similar to the new law since 2003. The Los Angeles Unified School District — the state's largest — has had one since 2005. This month, the school boards in Berkeley, Sacramento and Pacifica followed suit. Namita Brown, an Oakland lawyer who represents school districts in Northern California, said educators are less concerned about installing shower screens or having enough private restroom stalls than figuring out a way ''to tone the fervor in the parent community.'' ''The bottom line is districts are in this impossible place where our primary job is to offer quality education and we are suddenly facing some upset constituents,'' Brown said. that, and (the officer) went up there and sure enough it was him." Several officers, including undercover, an ambulance and a fire truck showed up to the scene, Groos said. She came to her store with several family members after the alarm company called while her family was getting ready to eat dinner. "They ended up with a million cop cars, having to put a spit mask on him, hog tie him, he was banging his head on their car, kicking at them, it was a scene," she said. "Clear into the ambulance he was fighting with them and screaming at them." She was unsure how many items had gone missing as of Thursday morning, and said she had to do an inventory and finish watching the surveillance video first. "I think he probably got away with maybe a half dozen hooded sweatshirts ROCK Continued from page 1A sure he sees you there, to help the Red Bluff State Theatre for the Arts celebrate the successful community purchase of the building and all of it's heritage. Tickets are $25 to $45 -- but they are so full of blood now -- and a beanie," she said. "It wasn't like he was stealing a whole bunch of stuff for somebody, he was just grabbing a few things for himself." After so many burglaries this past year, Groos and her husband have gotten discouraged. "(My husband) is like 'Close the store, go get another job or not,' but I love what I do and I love the people too," she said. "Maybe if someone comes in here and buys it they will be more motivated than me right now, I am kind of losing my mojo." She does not have any plans to close her doors at the moment, she said. "Along with all of our regular theft we get on a weekly basis it makes it really hard to even want to stay open in Paradise," she said. for VIP seating. Tickets are available online through unhitched.com, and at the following Red Bluff businesses: Sky River Music, Wink Salon and The Copy Center; or by calling 530-529-3733 for VIP, quantity or special needs tickets. A portion of each ticket sale goes to support The Red Bluff State Theatre. Girl who died on Christmas Eve becomes organ donor DAVIS (AP) — Amid the unspeakable grief of losing a child on Christmas Eve, a Central California couple has made the decision to donate their daughter's organs so other parents can avoid the kind of pain they are experiencing. Manteca resident Tony Izzo tells The Modesto Bee that doctors at UC Davis Medical Center on Thursday were harvesting the heart and other organs from the body of his 9year-old daughter, Mariah. The girl suffered catastrophic brain injuries on Monday while riding in a small SUV being driven by her aunt. A larger SUV slammed into the vehicle while it was stopped at a red light. Mariah was pronounced dead at 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Her father says her organs will go to at least five other people. He says Mariah is his little hero. Lake Tahoe ski resorts pad slopes with own snow RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lake Tahoe ski resorts are making up for what Mother Nature has failed to provide. Resort operators say their ability to make snow has been a savior this holiday season, when skiers flock to the mountains over the busy Christmas and New Year's holidays. December is typically one of the more important months for snowfall in the Sierra. But this year has been a disappointment. On Christmas Day, the Lake Tahoe Basin's snowpack was only 37 percent of average for the date, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. But there is some good news. Dry conditions were matched with cold temperatures, allowing those resorts investing in snow-making capability to open substantial terrain for the busy holiday period. ''We had some real strong windows that allowed us to make a ton of snow,'' said Mike Pierce, marketing director at Mount Rose. ''Yes, we'd love to have more snow, but we do have what people are looking for right now.''