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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Orange is sweeping Red Bluff and it's not for the San Francisco Giants. Red Bluff Union High School proclaimed Tuesday Orange Day to raise awareness of teen dating violence and its prevention. Throughout the week, the high school has been hosting various activities and special themed days as part of "Love Equals Respect Week" that is part of an Alterna- tives To Violence project to raise awareness and, through it, pre- vention of teen dating violence. In addition to going out and talking to students at Tehama County schools, ATV, a non-profit seeking to end domestic violence and support victims and their LOVE EQUALS RESPECT Schoolmarks teen dating violence awareness By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The City Council au- thorized the Corning Police De- partment to implement the auto- mated license plate reader pro- gram Tuesday in an attempt to reduce a vehicle theft issue within the city. Recently, the Corning Police Department and other area law enforcement agencies have expe- rienced a dramatic increase in stolen vehicles, from 21 stolen in 2011 to 41 in 2016 in Corning, said Chief Jeremiah Fears. The program is implemented at no cost to the city as it is being funded, for an initial three-year period, by asset forfeiture held by the Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement, or TIDE, board of directors. That funding, in the amount of $140,000, was allo- cated for all start-up fees of the program. A plate reader will be placed CORNING City Council authorizes license plate readers By Andre Byik abyik@chicoer.com @andrebyik on Twitter OROVILLE As rainy weather ar- rived Wednesday, trucks and he- licopters continued to dump and drop thousands of tons of mate- rial to shore up the eroded hill- side beneath the emergency spill- way at Oroville Dam. At the same time, releases down the main, damaged spill- way continued at 100,000 cubic- feet per second in an effort to lower the lake level to 850 feet of elevation, 50 feet below the level considered full. The lake was be- ing drawn down because of com- ing storms and future runoff, said Bill Croyle, acting director of the California Department of Water Resources. The level of the reservoir was measured at 878 feet about 10 a.m. Wednesday, Croyle said. The lake was dropping about 8 inches per hour and had fallen 23 feet since Sunday, when the lake over- flowed into the never-used emer- gency spillway. In an encouraging reversal from Tuesday, Croyle said officials now do not expect a rise in the reservoir's elevation in the com- ing days even as rain continues to fall. He said inflow into the lake as- sociated with the recent storms could total around 45,000 cfs. Re- leases are expected to continue at OROVILLE Workersracetoshoreupspillway Therising Feather River flows completely over a viewing platform (le ) where people normally stand at the Fish Barrier Dam. BILL HUSA — ENTERPRISE- RECORD By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The upcoming winter storm is forecast to bring more rain to the North State, with flooding and high water levels at the Sacramento River continuing throughout the week as more water is be- ing released from Shasta and Keswick dams. A wind advisory, with south winds at 20-30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, was put into ef- fect from 10 p.m. Wednesday evening to 10 a.m. Thursday. Winds that strong can make driving difficult, especially for smaller and higher profile vehi- cles, according to the National Weather Service. It is advised to use extra caution through- out the storm. High flows are forecast for the upper Sacramento River through the rest of the week and into the weekend as storms will impact the area, according to the weather service. Red Bluff River Park has ex- perienced flooding with the parking lot below the pool nearly filled with river water. The Keswick Reservoir re- leased 77,000 cubic feet of water per second at 9 a.m. Wednesday and was sched- uled to steadily reduce flows by 2,000 cfs every hour until 11 p.m. Wednesday, when flows were expected to be 49,000 cfs. According to the California De- partment of Water Resources there were 15 to be releases Wednesday and had been two releases between Friday and Monday. According to the Califor- nia Department of Water Re- sources stage map, the Sacra- mento River in Red Bluff was 252.9 feet high, or above the monitor, with flows at 89.570 cubic feet per second. WEATHER WATER LEVELS STILL HIGH AFTER STORMS CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS Kaer Lane near Belle Mill Lane in Red Bluff remained closed due to flooding Wednesday morning. HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS The Sacramento River spills over onto the parking lot of the Red Bluff River Park Wednesday as more water is released from the Keswick Reservoir. Have a great day, Clifford Peterson GOOD MORNING U DowJones 20,611.86 +107.45 U S&P 500 2349.25 +11.67 U Nasdaq 5819.44 +36.87 BUSINESS Tehama County Patriots to welcome guest speaker next week for talk on Oroville spill- way crisis. 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