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The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrests CortneyEdwinBowling: 39ofChicowasarrested Wednesday while Red Bluff Police were respond- ing to report of a distur- bance at the Brickyard Creek Apartments, 1275 Walnut Street. Officere responded at 11:34p.m. the disturbance where they encountered Bowl- ing who exhibited signs of being under the influence of a controlled substance and ran from the officers when contacted. Bowling was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of being under the influence of drugs, resisting arrest and possession of ammunition. During a search of Bowling, officers located ammuni- tion in Bowling's pocket and Bowling is prohibited from possessing the am- munition. Roger W. Johnson: 56, of Los Molinos was arrested Wednesday in the 24000 block of Tehama Vina Road. He was booked into jail on the felony charge of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance, obstructing or resisting a peace officer. Bail was $56,000. Crash Southbound Interstate 5: A motorcyclist was ejected from his Harley Davidson motorcycle about 3p.m. Monday on the South Avenue off-ramp. Michael Cooper, 53, out of Grants Pass, Oregon received minor injuries, but said he would seek his own aid. Cooper was taking the off-ramp when he failed to negotiate the curve in the offramp and hit a paddle marker, causing the vehicle to overturn. Patrol Hill Street: A request for patrol was made in the area due to recent inci- dents of vandalism. Samaritan Los Molinos Fire Station: A good samaritan came into the fire station to return keys found in front of NU-Way Market. Suspicious South Avenue: A driver reported in the area of Love's Truck Stop that he had honked his horn at another big rig driver in an attempt to avoid collision, and the other driver got out of his truck and brandished a knife at him. The other driver also stated that he was going to kill the man. The other driver le the area in an unknown direction on I-5in a white International big rig with JB Transport out of Turlock on the door. Vandalism Grant Avenue, Corning: A man reported Wednes- day the lock to his laundry room door had been cut sometime within the last three days. 100block of South Jack- son Street: A vandalism in progress was reported at 1:42p.m. Wednesday with two youths smashing mailboxes. An area check was made, but no one was located. Main Street: Someone at Gary Ramsey Jewel- ers and Gi s reported the surveilance camera had been vandalized Wednes- day morning by a man with long hair who was wearing a white t-shirt. 22000block Reno Av- enue: A woman reported vandlaism to her mailbox between 6p.m. Tuesday and 8a.m. Wednesday. Policelogs Mayor Clay Parker and Mayor Pro Tem Daniele Jackson were on board with the proposal after discussing it further. "I see the bigger pic- ture," Parker said. "We are no longer county-city, which was years ago, I think we are working to- gether. After looking at it all I think this is the best route to go, that is with the Flood Control and Wa- ter Conservation District to be the GSA." Jackson agreed and said she doesn't want the state to come in and dic- tate to county. "I'd like to say it's us against the county, but it's not," Jackson said. "It's the county of Tehama against the state." Jones was still reluc- tant to vote for the pro- posal, saying he was con- cerned about whether all decisions about would go through the commission before a final decision is made. County Counsel Arthur Wylene assured Jones that all decisions will be first brought to the commission for discussion. This led to Jones breaking the tie. The commission, which would include one Red Bluff appointed person, includes a member from Corning, Tehama, El Camino Irrigation Dis- trict, Los Molinos Com- munity Service District and Rio Alto Water Dis- trict. "The reason we are coming back to request the city's support for the county-wide GSA pro- posal that we had dis- cussed with the govern- ing composition is really for three reasons," Wylene said. "The first is the big picture, we are trying to create a GSA that is going to basically cover the en- tire county and all of the 11 groundwater basins in the county." There are significant benefits to having one GSA that covers the en- tire county, Wylene said. "It provides consis- tency, it provides clearer rules and it does provide for consistent manage- ment," Wylene said. "We think that is a better way to keep the state off our back. I think that is the No. 1 goal of all of us." A governing board with too many voting partici- pants will bring inconsis- tency and can be difficult to get a consistent policy direction, Wylene said. Water FROM PAGE 1 The cause of the fire was unknown Thursday afternoon as firefighters were still investigating and doing mop-up at the scene, Shobash said. Red Bluff Fire and Cal Fire responded with Red Bluff Police providing traffic control. Fire FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Cal Fire Firefighter Gabe Medina, right, grabs a ladder off the Red Bluff Fire truck while responding to a mutual aid fire Thursday on Rio Street "An innocent man was pulled into a child-mo- lestation case because of junk science, which led police wrongly to focus on him as an additional perpetrator — despite the fact that the true, sole perpetrator, Albert Har- ris, had been charged, confessed and ultimately pled guilty to the crime," said a volunteer attor- ney for the project Thom Seaton. Court FROM PAGE 1 Red Bluff Fire Capt. Mark Moyer responds to a fire Thursday on Rio Street. The Tehama County Young Marines provided the color guard and Deme- tra Jones, Keli Tims and Mark Frese performed mu- sic for the crowd. ATV therapist Scott How- ell presented the Salisbury High School finalists in an art campaign competition for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in Feb- ruary. Elizabeth Serpa won the contest with Joseph Charles, Jeremiah Thomas and Amber Aikens placing as finalists. Serpa's design was featured on ATV shirts and on 500 buttons, many of which were handed out at the event. "This crowd gets bigger each year and how wonder- ful that it does," said State Sen. Jim Nielsen, one of two speakers for the evening. The scars left by domes- tic violence run deep and can go on for generations, which is why Nielsen said he was pleased to see sev- eral children and teens at- tending. It is proven that drugs such as marijuana and methamphetamine are often the underlying cause of domestic issues, which is why it is equally important to bring attention to drug awareness. Being aware of domestic violence and taking a stand at Wednesday's event was important, but even more so was keeping the rippling effect of awareness going by sharing their experience at the vigil, Nielsen said. "Together we make our community, city and state a much more responsible place," Nielsen said. "That starts with our kids. If they are not tended to, they will be wounded and go to gangs and negative behav- ior as a solace and respite. They deserve much more. Can we make a quantum change? The answer is yes. The turnout tonight shows this is a caring commu- nity. This is not just simply about tonight and coming together, but rallying our dedication and taking it to our daily activities. We need to walk with it further than just the courthouse to make a difference. Then maybe we will have fewer people show up at Jeanne's door- step at 3 a.m." Kofford, who became the spokesperson for Sandy Thomas and the rest of the family of Keith and Kimber- ley Thomas in the days fol- lowing the July 2 incident, was a life-long friend of Kim and Keith and Sandy Thomas were like parents to her, she said. "That night impacted the community and her family and friends," Kofford said. "I'm not here as a domes- tic violence survivor, but on behalf of my best friend and her father who are not able to. They were shot and killed by Kim's ex-husband. Until this occurred, I didn't know much about domestic violence." The thing about domestic violence is there is no typi- cal victim and victimology crosses the lines of race, ethnicity, economic back- ground and other area, she said. While Kim was not one to talk about her situa- tion and she was never com- pletely cut-off from family and friends, there were def- initely signs of isolation as Kim pulled back from ev- eryone, Kofford said. A vic- tim often feels as if there is no one by their side, but the abuser, she said. "Kim was an amazing mother, daughter, sister, cousin and niece," Kofford said. "Her daughters Jas- mine and Liberty are her greatest accomplishments. Sometimes you know some- one was meant for some- thing and for Kim that was being a mommy." Kim and Keith shared a special bond and Kim's friends always knew Keith would do anything for his daughter. She is sad to no longer be able to share im- portant life events with her friend, Kofford said. "She did everything right," Kofford said. "She took all precautions to meet in public and take someone with her. I can't help but feel guilt that there was more I should have done on July 2nd. I lost part of my heart in the most senseless way possible." Following Kofford's speech, the crowd received candles for adults and glow sticks for children before marching from the court- house on Washington down to Walnut, Main and Oak streets before returning to the courthouse. Vigil FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Maggie McMichael of Alternatives To Violence lights a candle for members of the community to carry on a walk that was part of the candlelight vigil to take a stand against domestic violence in Tehama County on Thursday in Red Bluff. Members of the community take a walk down Walnut Street as part of the candlelight vigil to take a stand against domestic violence in Tehama County on Thursday in Red Bluff. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday requiring Cali- fornia to phase out the use of microscopic exfoliat- ing beads in personal care products sold in the state starting in 2020 to protect fish and wildlife. The tiny plastic beads found in soap, toothpaste and body washes are so small that they are showing up in the bodies of fish and other wildlife after passing through water filtration sys- temswithoutdisintegrating. Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, said his bill, AB888, seeks to drastically restrict all use of the non-biodegrad- able beads, which can con- tain various toxins. "AB888 was carefully crafted to avoid any loop- holes that would allow for use of potentially harmful substitutes," Bloom said in a statement Thursday. "This legislation ensures that per- sonal care products will be formulated with environ- mentally-safe alternatives to protect our waterways and oceans." A number of companies are replacing microbeads with natural substances such as ground-up fruit pits. California lawmakers have attempted similar leg- islation before, but they met opposition from personal- care product companies. Amendments to the mea- sure this year prompted many business critics to drop their opposition to California joining several other states in eliminating the so-called microbeads. The microbead ban was one of several pieces of legislation Brown signed Thursday in response to concerns about environ- mental degredation. He approved SB185 by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los An- geles, which will require the state's two large public pen- sion funds, the California Public Employees' Retire- ment System and the Cal- ifornia State Teachers' Re- tirement System, to divest from coal holdings. And Brown announced signing legislation requir- ing cities and counties to create a faster process to approve new charging sta- tions, an effort to address a patchwork of regulations throughout the state that have slowed building. His approval comes a day after he signed aggres- sive climate change legisla- tion requiring California to get half its electricity from renewable energy sources within 15 years and to dou- ble the energy efficiency of existing buildings. The Democratic governor also signed three oil spill protection bills, months af- ter a pipeline leaked more than 100,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Bar- bara Coast. The measures call for pipeline operators to use the best spill-control technology, require annual pipeline inspections and require regulators to no- tify the state Legislature if caustic chemicals are used in a cleanup. NEW LAW State to phase out microbeads used in soaps FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A