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By Diaa Hadid The Associated Press BEIRUT » Syrian government forces have attacked rebel- held areas with poisonous chlorine gas in recent weeks and months, leaving men, women and children cough - ing, choking and gasping for breath, according to Associ- ated Press interviews with more than a dozen activists, medics and residents on the opposition side. The reports were denied by Syria and have yet to be confirmed by any foreign country or international or - ganization. But if true, they highlight the limitations of the global effort to rid Presi- dent Bashar Assad's govern- ment of its chemical weapons. Witnesses near Damascus and in a central rebel-held vil- lage told the AP of dozens of cases of choking, fainting and other afflictions from in- haling fumes that some said were yellowish and smelled like chlorine cleanser. They said the fumes came from hand grenades and helicop - ter-dropped "barrel bombs," which are crude containers packed with explosives. Activists have posted vid - eos similar, though on a far smaller scale, to those from last August's chemical weap- ons attack near Damascus that killed hundreds of peo- ple and nearly triggered U.S. airstrikes against Syria. The new footage depicts pale- faced men, women and chil - dren coughing and gasping at field hospitals. It's an accusation that car- ries high stakes, and the Syr- ian opposition has an inter- est in pushing such claims in hopes of drawing the interna- tional community into taking stern action against Assad. So far, the new images have barely registered with the international commu - nity, underscoring deep re- luctance by world powers to step into another murky epi- sode in Syria's civil war days ahead of Sunday's deadline for the government to hand over all its chemical weapons for destruction. MIDDlE EasT Sy ri an ac ti vi st s ac cu se A ss ad o f ne w ga s at ta ck s Hussein Malla — THe associaTed PRess lebanese General security forces check the identity card of a lebanese woman, center, as she leaves the Tfail village Tuesday in the Ras al-Haref mountains at the lebanese- syrian border, eastern lebanon. Washington 68/49 New York 64/43 Miami 86/73 Atlanta 79/61 Detroit 58/44 Houston 85/65 Chicago 65/44 Minneapolis 54/43 Kansas City 70/49 El Paso 82/59 Denver 69/41 Billings 62/42 Los Angeles 76/58 San Francisco 63/53 Seattle 56/41 AIR QUALITY FORECAST What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people; 151+: Unhealthy for all. Source: Airnow.gov City Today's air quality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy, showers, thunderstorms, rain, snow flurries, snow,ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa Carson City Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollen levels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hours of sunlight River Levels Sacramento River Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 63° 42° SATURDAY 65° 43° Cool with clouds and sun Mostly cloudy with t‑storms SUNDAY 70° 48° A blend of sun and clouds MONDAY 79° 54° Wa rmer with some sun TODAY 70° 49° Some sunshine giving way to clouds. Cloudy with a little rain tonight. High ....................................................................... 67° Low ........................................................................ 42° Normal high ......................................................... 73° Normal low ........................................................... 48° Record high ............................................. 94° in 1946 Record low .............................................. 37° in 1964 Humidity noon today ........................................ 52% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.14" Normal month to date ..................................... 1.20" Season to date ................................................ 11.65" Normal season to date .................................. 22.46" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ...................... High Mold ......................... Low Trees ...................... High Weeds ..................... Low 6 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:18 a.m. 7:57 p.m. 3:33 a.m. 3:19 p.m. Friday 6:17 a.m. 7:58 p.m. 4:08 a.m. 4:27 p.m. 13 hr., 39 min. Apr 28 New May 6 First Full May 14 Last May 21 above Bend Bridge...................... 27 ...........1.10 .......none at Hamilton City ......................... 148 ...... 128.70 ....... -0.10 at Ord Ferry ................................ 114 ........96.50 .......none at Red Bluff Diversion Dam ....... 253 ...... 237.90 ....... -0.10 at Tehama Bridge ...................... 213 ...... 200.30 .......none at Vina Woodson Bridge............ 183 ...... 166.10 .......none Black Butte ....................456.24.............. 71,493 ..... 49.8% Lake Oroville..................769.07......... 1,862,157 ..... 49.8% Lake Shasta ...................979.39......... 2,404,134 ..... 52.8% Lake Trinity..................2286.05......... 1,303,774 ..... 49.2% Whiskeytown...............1207.54............ 233,266 ..... 96.8% Weather Trivia ™ At what temperature do most tornadoes occur? 75 percent occur when the temperature is between 65 F and 84 F. Today Friday Anaheim 79/55/pc 70/51/pc Bakersfield 78/57/s 74/47/pc Chula Vista 72/57/pc 69/57/pc Crescent City 54/45/r 54/41/t Death Valley 95/71/s 94/55/pc Eureka 56/45/r 54/38/t Fremont 65/54/pc 59/45/t Fresno 80/56/pc 68/46/t Glendale 78/55/s 68/49/pc Huntington Beach 68/55/pc 64/52/pc Irvine 74/57/pc 67/55/pc Lake Tahoe 56/35/pc 40/24/sn Long Beach 76/56/pc 67/54/pc Los Angeles 76/58/pc 68/54/pc Mammoth Mountain 61/35/pc 46/31/pc Modesto 76/53/pc 64/46/t Monterey 61/53/pc 59/46/t Moreno Valley 80/51/s 69/50/pc Napa 66/49/pc 61/39/t Needles 90/68/s 90/59/pc Oakland 64/54/pc 60/45/t Oxnard 67/55/pc 64/50/pc Redding 69/49/pc 62/42/t Riverside 80/52/s 71/49/pc Sacramento 73/53/pc 62/43/t San Bernardino 81/53/s 69/49/pc San Diego 69/61/pc 67/56/pc San Francisco 63/53/pc 59/46/t San Jose 71/52/pc 60/44/t San Luis Obispo 75/48/pc 65/45/sh Santa Ana 77/57/pc 68/54/pc Santa Barbara 70/51/pc 67/46/pc Santa Clarita 79/52/s 68/50/pc Stockton 75/54/pc 64/44/t Ventura 68/55/pc 64/50/pc Yosemite Valley 70/48/pc 58/38/t Today Friday Albuquerque 74/52/s 80/53/s Atlanta 79/61/s 80/59/c Baltimore 65/42/s 70/54/t Boston 61/38/s 58/44/pc Buffalo 54/39/pc 62/41/sh Chicago 65/44/t 70/37/pc Cincinnati 72/52/pc 75/48/pc Dallas 82/58/t 88/68/pc Denver 69/41/pc 74/44/s Detroit 58/44/c 68/41/c El Paso 82/59/s 88/65/s Fargo 61/38/r 55/33/c Honolulu 86/73/pc 85/73/pc Houston 85/65/pc 85/68/pc Indianapolis 69/48/pc 72/46/pc Kansas City 70/49/t 79/52/s Las Vegas 83/67/s 83/60/pc Louisville 76/54/pc 79/54/pc Miami 86/73/s 85/73/pc Minneapolis 54/43/r 58/35/c New Orleans 81/65/s 81/66/pc New York City 64/43/s 61/49/c Oklahoma City 79/51/t 88/63/s Much of the eastern third of the nation will be dry and sunny today with a chilly start. Chilly air will linger through the afternoon over New England, due to a gusty wind. Farther west, a storm system is forecast to continue to crawl eastward over the Great Plains and the Upper Midwest. Showers and thunderstorms are projected to extend from northeastern Texas to southern Wisconsin. A few of the storms can become locally severe from Arkansas to Missouri and southern Illinois with hail and gusty winds. Rain will fall farther north in Wisconsin and Minnesota. High ............................... 98° in Dryden, TX Low ................................ 14° in Stanley, ID High ................. 113° in Linguere, Senegal Low .......... -16° in Shepherd Bay, Canada Bogota 63/48/t 66/50/r Buenos Aires 68/54/s 64/50/s Caracas 89/74/t 89/74/pc Ensenada 72/51/pc 68/52/pc Mexico City 81/57/pc 74/57/t Montreal 55/34/pc 55/41/pc Rio de Janeiro 78/69/r 76/68/pc Tijuana 72/56/pc 70/50/pc Toronto 55/38/pc 58/42/sh Vancouver 55/42/r 55/41/c Orlando 86/65/pc 87/64/pc Philadelphia 64/44/s 69/54/t Phoenix 90/68/s 91/61/s Pittsburgh 64/45/s 69/46/t Portland, ME 57/34/pc 57/39/pc Portland, OR 57/42/r 59/43/sh St. Louis 71/50/t 78/53/s Salt Lake City 65/49/pc 73/49/pc Seattle 56/41/r 59/41/c Tucson 87/62/s 89/67/s Washington, DC 68/49/s 77/55/t Cairo 98/71/pc 91/62/s Casablanca 70/52/pc 68/52/s Johannesburg 68/43/s 68/45/s Kinshasa 86/73/t 91/75/t Lagos 89/77/t 89/77/t Nairobi 78/61/t 79/59/pc Tripoli 74/50/s 85/61/s Baghdad 95/63/s 98/76/s Beijing 81/58/s 78/56/pc Hong Kong 82/74/c 83/75/s Jerusalem 88/70/pc 83/56/pc Kabul 73/50/t 72/50/t Manila 91/80/t 92/80/t Melbourne 64/43/pc 68/55/pc New Delhi 100/73/pc 102/73/pc Seoul 76/50/s 76/51/s Singapore 90/79/t 90/79/t Sydney 82/61/s 72/59/sh Tehran 76/58/s 75/61/s Tokyo 68/55/s 70/55/s Amsterdam 61/51/sh 69/53/r Athens 75/61/pc 73/58/sh Belgrade 66/56/r 69/52/sh Berlin 70/52/r 69/51/pc Budapest 72/54/r 63/53/sh Dublin 56/41/pc 56/45/pc London 64/48/pc 64/48/r Madrid 66/41/sh 66/45/pc Moscow 48/30/s 56/33/s Paris 65/50/c 63/46/sh Rome 73/53/s 71/56/pc Stockholm 52/32/pc 55/36/s Vienna 72/53/r 65/53/r Zurich 63/42/sh 71/48/r 64/40 72/45 67/46 66/40 70/47 73/53 74/50 66/49 67/46 72/49 71/48 56/36 61/39 61/38 69/49 70/49 61/41 57/49 57/48 56/45 62/43 56/38 61/38 54/45 60/36 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Regular Haircut $ 2 00 off KWIK KUTS Family Hair Salon 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 ANY RETAIL PRODUCT 20 % off with any chemical service of $50 or more Not good with other offers Expires 5/31/14 With coupon Reg. $13.95 The Races Invited: US Representative District 1 State Senator District 4 Assembly District 3 Supervisor 2nd District Supervisor 3rd District Supervisor 4th District Auditor/Controller Assessor Clerk & Recorder District Attorney Sheriff & Coroner Treasurer/Tax Collector County Superintendent of Schools April 29★6:30 pm Red Bluff Veteran's Hall N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Tehama County Farm Bureau and co-sponsoring the Candidates Forum Why - So that the voters of Tehama County will be educated and better able to make their voting choices. 530 566 1966 Ask about cushy country boarding Free 10 minute phone chat. 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