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Haveagreatday Felicia Vedsegaard. GOODMORNING! Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGEA2 LOCAL CALENDAR BUSINESS D Dow Jones Industrial 19,799.85 (-27.40) D Standard & Poor's 2265.20 (-6.11) D Nasdaq 5552.94 (-2.39) SomeSun High: Low: 55 30 PAGE B8 By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County's unemployment rate increased by 0.5 percent in December to 6.9 percent, according to data released Friday by the California Employment Development De- partment. In December there were 24,540 people in the labor work force in the county. Of those, 22,840 were employed and 1,700 were unemployed. That's 430 fewer people in the labor work force, 540 fewer people employed and 110 more peo- ple unemployed. The data are not seasonally ad- justed. Tehama County is ranked 37th out of the 58 counties in the state, down three spots in a month. The Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium region or the North State, which in- cludes Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Nevada, Mo- doc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties is ranked 34th out of 46 re- gions in the state with 305,400 people in the la- bor work force, 285,500 employed and 19,800 un- employed in December. The unemployment rate for these counties totals 6.5 percent, 0.4 percent higher than November's rate. The data show a 13.6 percent decrease in to- tal farm jobs and a 11.3 percent decrease in con- struction jobs. Financial jobs saw a 3 percent in- crease in December. In California there were 19,192,800 people UNEMPLOYMENT December jobless raterises slightly By Sophia Bollag The Associated Press SACRAMENTO In their first official action since Donald Trump became president, California law- makers on Monday confirmed a new attorney general who has vowed to defend the state's lib- eral policies against the Trump administration and a Republican Congress. Xavier Becerra easily cleared the final hurdle to become the state's top law enforcement official, with a 26-9 vote along party lines in the Demo- cratic-controlled state Senate. Becerra, who rep- resented the Los Angeles area in the U.S. House for more than two decades, became the state's first Latino attorney general. He replaces Kamala Harris, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in November. Democrats said Becerra will fight to defend California's protec- tions for the gay and lesbian community, women and immigrants. "He will be a very strong partner for our state to work with the federal government when we can and to resist when we must," said Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, a Los Ange- les Democrat. Some Republicans said they voted against him because of his promise to challenge federal pol- icies. Republican Sen. John Moorlach of Costa Mesa says he's worried Becerra will jeopardize JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Statelawmakers confirm Trump opponent as attorney general Community.....A3 Opinion............A6 Lifestyles........ A7 Sports.............. B1 Business .........B4 Weather ..........B8 INDEX Despite doubts from Demo- crats and some Republicans, Tillerson likely to be confirmed as secretary of state. PAGE B6 WASHINGTON Senatepanelnarrowly backs top diplomat pick President withdraws US from sweeping Trans-Pacific Part- nership in big break from past U.S. foreign policy. PAGE B6 FOREIGN POLICY Trump moves to pull US out of Asia trade deal By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital Auxiliary teamed up with the Soroptimist Interna- tional of Red Bluff to put on the ninth annual crab feed Saturday at the Red Bluff Community Center. Lines were out the door and tables already start- ing to fill in the first half- hour of the event, which had pre-sold 250 tickets, said auxiliary board mem- ber Linda Ezzat. "This is a collaboration with the Soroptimists and we will be splitting the proceeds with ours going to life-saving tools at the hospital, a scholarship for nursing students and pro- grams like adopt a family at Christmas, adopt a vet and adopt a senior," Ezzat said. "We do it because we love the hospital, like the community and they were sad when we said we might not do it so we pulled it off." St. Elizabeth Director of Support Services Kris- tin Behrens welcomed the audience and Sister Pat Manoli gave the blessing before dinner. "Thank you for filling up this room," Behrens said. FUNDRAISER Crab feed packs community center JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A volunteer pours soup at the ninth annual crab feed put on by St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Auxiliary on Saturday in collaboration with Soroptimist International of Red Bluff at the Red Bluff Community Center. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Ranch hands from all over competed Friday and Saturday with 25 teams being narrowed down to just six for the fi- nals of the 22nd annual Jim Owens Memorial JP Ranch Rodeo held at the Tehama District Fair- ground. Competitions included ranch hand bronc riding, ranch doctoring, dally calf roping, ranch sorting, calf branding, ranch horse class and herd counting. New to the event this year is merchandise with the rodeo name and the newly designed logo for the JP Ranch Rodeo on it. The event draws thou- sands to Red Bluff with committee members ex- pecting about 3,000 for the finals and 5,000 over the two-day event that raises funds for various commu- nity needs. "This year we're rais- ing money for families in crisis," said Commit- tee Member Travis Marti- nez. "Things like cancer or an unexpected death like Harvey Camacho. We're just trying to take care of the community and give back. The more money we JP RANCH RODEO A TEST OF RANCHING SKILLS Missy Boozenny of Sideline Cattle Company competes in the Ranch Horse class on Saturday at the annual Jim Owens JP Ranch Rodeo held at the Tehama District Fairground. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Colton Campbell of Five Star Land And Livestock competes in the Ranch Horse class on Saturday at the annual Jim Owens JP Ranch Rodeo held at the Tehama District Fairground. 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