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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Will Morris was named the 26th annual Na- tional Bullriding Champion at the New Year's Eve event at the Tehama District Fairground. Following him in second place was Levi Quillian with 79 points and in third and fourth place Sterling Ward and Jake Peterson were tied with 78 points. A custom belt buckle, de- signed by David Halimi, exec- utive producer of Diamond W Production, was given to Mor- ris for his performance. Morris won with a score of 81. The event had more than 20 bull riders participating, six saddle bronc riders and four bareback riders, said Halimi. This year's saddle bronc rid- ing champion was John Redig with a score of 81. Coming in second was Tim Dietrich with a score of 71 and in third was Cameron Buckingham with a score of 67. Casey Meroshnekoff was the bareback bronc riding cham- BULLRIDING WinnersnamedinNewYear'sEveevent CONTRIBUTED David Halimi, executive producer of Diamond Productions, gives this year's bullriding champion Will Morris a custom belt buckle at the 26th Annual National Bullriding Championship New Year's Eve event. By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The National Weather Service issued a flood warning in Red Bluff Tuesday through Thursday, with Mt. Shasta Boulevard between 8th and 68th streets and Second Avenue in Los Molinos remain- ing closed due to the storm. Consistent rainfall occurred Tuesday causing portions of Dog Island Park to flood, al- most fully covering the disc golf course at the park. A warning to use caution when driving on South Ave- nue in Corning remains on the Tehama County Public Works website. A wind advisory notice was issued at 1:30 p.m. by the Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol from Red Bluff to the Tehama-Glenn county line. Winds were ex- pected to reach 53 mph by the end of the day. As of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday WEATHER STORM FLOODS PARK, BRINGS HIGH WINDS Tuesday'sstormfloodspartsofDogIslandPark,bringshighwinds HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Areas of Dog Island Park remained flooded Tuesday following multiple days of rainfall in Tehama County. By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $122.5 billion state spending plan Tues- day and warned of a looming $1.6 billion budget deficit because of slow growth in tax revenues. Brown announced his pro- posed budget as the state faces uncertainty about changes to come from President-elect Don- ald Trump and the Republican- led U.S. Congress on a host of programs that affect California, from health care policy to immi- gration. Trump has pledged to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, which California has embraced by enrolling about 5 million people in private health insurance or publicly funded Medi-Cal coverage. The proposed budget assumes policies remain the same, but Brown noted the federal uncer- tainty is another reason to main- tain the fiscal prudence for which he consistently advocates. "If they do go down that road, it will be extremely painful for California," Brown said about the Trump administration. About 1.4 million people signed up for coverage last year through Covered California, the insurance exchange created under the Af- fordable Care Act. Nearly 90 percent received fed- eral subsidies that would go away under previous GOP proposals to repeal "Obamacare." Another 3.8 million people with low incomes joined the Medi-Cal program, with 95 percent of their costs paid by the federal government, amounting to about $15 billion in subsidies during the current fis- cal year. Brown's proposal is his open- ing salvo in six months of spend- ing negotiations with lawmakers. He seeks to boost the state's re- serve fund to $7.9 billion — up from $6.7 billion in the current budget year — to help soften what he warned is an inevitable reces- sion after 10 years of economic recovery. "You've got to save your money or you're going to lose the farm," Brown said. Republicans, who are more of- ten aligned with Brown than leg- islative Democrats on spending, were cautiously optimistic about the governor's approach. "Our California budget is per- ilously balanced," said Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, the ranking STATE CAPITOL Br ow n pi tc he s $122.5 billion bu dg et , wa rn s of deficit By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING Three suspects, in- cluding two men and a woman, are being sought in connection with an early morning burglary Tuesday at the Corning Valero gas station, 790 Edith Ave. A report was received about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday by Corning Po- lice that two men in red hooded sweatshirts were seen breaking the window of the business and then entering it while a woman who was a passenger reportedly waited outside in the vehicle, ac- cording to a Corning Police De- partment press release issued Tuesday afternoon. Surveillance footage showed two men, one in a red 49ers hooded sweatshirt and one in a maroon hooded sweatshirt, had covered their faces with masks and broken the window on the door to the store with a tire iron. Once inside, the men reportedly stole several packs of Marlboro Red cigarettes and a number of $20 scratch off lot- tery tickets. The suspects were last seen headed north on Edith Avenue in a dark-colored 1990s Honda Accord LX/EX four-door sedan. Charges pending in the case include burglary, felony vandal- ism and conspiracy to commit a crime. The investigation into the in- cident is on-going and anyone with information is asked to call Corning Police at 824-7000. CRIME 3suspectssoughtinburglary President elect's choice for attorney general pledges to be independent in upholding the law. PAGEB6 CONFIRMATION Sessionssayshecould defy Trump as AG Man who shot up black church becomes first to receive death penalty in connection with federal hate crime. PAGE B6 CHARLESTON SHOOTER Dylan Roof gets death sentence The suspects were last seen headed north on Edith Avenue in a dark-colored 1990s Honda Accord LX/EX four-door sedan. 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