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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF ThreeReddingresi- dents were arrested in Red Bluff Wednesday in connection with a stolen vehicle recovered at the Walmart Supercenter after the car was spotted in the parking lot by a Tehama County District Attorney investigator. Red Bluff Police were dis- patched about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday when they con- tacted two people, identified as John Eldon Wood, Jr., 21, and Shaina Kylie Tanner, 22, who were inside the stolen vehicle. Wood was arrested for three outstanding warrants from Shasta County along with pos- session of stolen property: $400 or more and possession of bur- glary tools. He was booked into Tehama County Jail with bail set at ARRESTS Stolenvehicle recovered at Walmart Staff report @redbluffnews on Twitter CORNING Two 18-year-old men were arrested by Corning Police Tuesday in connection with a criminal threats and brandishing case at the Solano Street 7-Eleven store on Monday. Marcos Antonio Santana, Jr. and David Lopez were initially arrested during a traffic stop in a white Nissan about 2:15 a.m. Monday in the area of Toomes Av- enue and North Street. Santana was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of driving un- der the influence while Lopez was booked on the charge of public in- toxication. On Tuesday, search warrants were served at the residences of booth men and additional charges of criminal threats and brandish- ing were filed with the Tehama County District Attorney's office, according to a press release is- sued Thursday by Corning Police. Officers initially responded about 1 a.m. Monday to the 7-Eleven store at 1425 Solano St. for reports of several men bran- dishing a firearm out of a white Nissan Altima that left just prior CORNING Two arrested, connected to brandishing incident By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter LOS MOLINOS Lassen View Ele- mentary School began a soft, or code yellow, lock down Wednes- day as an extra precaution with reports of a high-risk sex of- fender, who cut off his ankle monitor Monday, loose in Red Bluff or surrounding areas. During a soft lock down classroom doors are locked and adults are present with chil- dren while they are outside and in the halls, said Superinten- dent Jerry Walker. News of the violent sex-offender out in Red Bluff prompted the lock down Wednesday and was continued to Thursday. The school will continue the code yellow lock down status if the administrators feel it is nec- essary, going day by day. The man wanted for taking off his ankle monitor was reported as 24-year-old Jose De Jesus Es- parza Jr., who was released from prison and paroled to Tehama County. Esparza is described as a Hispanic man with black hair, brown eyes and a medium com- plexion, who is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weights about 188 pounds. As of 11:30 a.m. Thursday Es- parza has not been found. If anyone has information or sees Esparza, it is advised not to approach him but to call lo- cal law enforcement. The Red Bluff Police Department can be reached at 527-3131. LASSEN VIEW Schoolonsoftlockdown By Paul Rogers and Matthias Gafni Bay Area News Group OROVILLE How did a giant, gaping hole develop in Oroville Dam's main concrete spillway last week, setting in motion the chain of events that could have led to a disastrous failure of a concrete wall that held back a huge wall of water? Dam experts around the country are focusing on a lead- ing suspect: Tiny bubbles. The prospect is simple yet terrifying and has been the culprit in a number of near disasters at dams across the globe since engineers discov- ered it about 50 years ago. In a process called "cavitation," water flowing fast and in large volumes can rumble over small cracks, bumps or other im- perfections in concrete dam spillways as they release wa- ter during wet years. The bil- lions of gallons of water bump- ing off the surface at 50 miles an hour create enormous tur- bulence that can form tiny wa- ter vapor bubbles that collapse with powerful force, and like jackhammers, chisel apart con- crete. "It starts with small holes, but it can break off big chunks of concrete," said Paul Tullis, a professor emeritus of civil en- gineering at Utah State Uni- versity and cavitation expert. "It's like a big grinder. It causes concrete to be torn apart." It's still too early to investi- gate the cavity on the spillway while dam operators at the na- tion's tallest dam desperately drain billions of gallons of wa- ter down the damaged chute ahead of coming storms. But the same phenomenon nearly caused the collapse of LAKE OROVILLE TINY BUBBLES CAN CREATE BIG PROBLEM IN SPILLWAYS PHOTOSBYBILLHUSA—ENTERPRISE-RECORD Oroville Dam operators release water to test the damaged spillway on Feb. 8, the day a er the hole developed. The spillway at Lake Oroville is seen the week before it broke apart when releases were ramped up. Community.....A3 Education........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Weather ..........A8 Sports.............. B1 Index............... ## INDEX Have a great day, Bill Adcock GOOD MORNING U DowJones 20,619.77+7.91 D S&P 500 2347.22-2.03 D Nasdaq 5814.90-4.54 BUSINESS President Trump denounced the "criminal" leaks that took down his top national security adviser. 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