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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Asinkholecausedby a possible failed drainage pipe formed Thursday night near 999 Rio St. and the Red Bluff Pub- lic Works Department closed the road at the corner of Cedar and Rio streets for repairs. Rio Street has been closed in both directions at that STREETS Downtown corner closed du e to s in kh ole The Associated Press SACRAMENTO An audit of Cal- ifornia's Board of Equalization found that the agency misallo- cated tens of millions of dollars that it can't explain, and made unusual moves like using well- paid tax auditors for "parking lot duty" at a promotional event. The soon-to-be released au- dit obtained by the Sacramento Bee and detailed in a story Fri- day found that one of the board's elected leaders redirected civil servants to his own projects and that the board provided mislead- ing information to lawmakers. It also said the board had seen a serious rise in spending on ac- tivities that appear unrelated to its role, which is administering state taxes. "Certain board member practices have intervened in administrative activities and created inconsistencies in operations, breakdowns in centralized processes and in certain instances result in activities contrary to state AUDIT Unexplained misallocated millions for state tax board Staff report @redbluffnews on Twitter COTTONWOOD An officer-in- volved shooting took place just before midnight Friday on Northbound Interstate 5, south of Sunset Hills, in the Cotton- wood area. A California Highway Patrol officer from the Red Bluff office suffered major injuries when he was shot in the thigh following a traffic stop, according to a press release issued Sunday morning by the Tehama County Sher- iff's Department. The officer re- turned fire. One of the two sus- pects was killed and the other injured. CHP Red Bluff Area Com- mander Lt. Lou Aviles confirmed Saturday that one of his officers was involved in the shooting and was injured, but said the officer would recover. The names and ages of the of- ficer and suspects, all men, were not released. The officer stopped a white Hyundai sedan around 11:45 p.m. Friday traveling north just north of Hooker Creek Road and spoke with the two men in the car, the release said. While inter- viewing the suspects the officer was shot in the right thigh and drew his weapon to return fire. One of the occupants was pro- nounced dead by medical per- sonnel at the scene, the release said. The officer and the second suspect were transported to a local hospital for treatment of major injuries. The officer has SUNSET HILLS OnedeadinI-5shooting By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Jr. Round-Up hosted its annual George Growney and Debbie Moore Memorial Scholarship Dinner Saturday at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge, where the 2017 scholarship winners were announced. The event, which usually drawsbetween100and125peo- ple, not only raises money for the scholarships but the general fundfortheorganization,which putsonayouthrodeoandCattle Days,arodeocompetitionforall ages,saidPresidentJasonSpen- cer. The group usually awards about $4,000 in scholarships. "Last year we raised about $8,100," said event coordina- tor Stevana Sedita. "Our busi- nesses and our community are very generous. This is my 13th year doing this and they are so incredible." Thanks to the generosity of those donating to the event the group is able to give out be- tween three and six scholar- ships depending upon the year, Sedita said. Scholarship winners were in- troduced during the evening in- cludingShelbyDeVita,Madison McCarty, $1,000; Kayla McGif- fin,$500;MikaylaMoore,$800; KatelynTobin,$500;andNicole Tomasello, $500. DeVita, daughter of Mon- ica Devita of Flournoy, attends CorningUnionHighSchooland plans to attend college at either UC Davis or CSU Chico to ma- jor in veterinary science with a minor in animal science. McCarty, daughter of Greg and Jennifer McCarty, attends Red Bluff Union High School and plans to attend either CSU Chico or Shasta College to ma- jor in agribusiness. McGiffin, daughter of Brett and Molly McGiffin of Red Bluff, is a student at Red Bluff High School with plans to at- tend Shasta College or Modesto Junior College to major in Ag PharmaceuticalSaleswithami- nor in Ag Business Communi- cation. Moore, the daughter of Nina RED BLUFF JUNIOR ROUND-UP HOSTS SCHOLARSHIP DINNER PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Red Bluff Junior Round-Up Junior Queen Gracie Sherrick measures out an arms length of raffle tickets on Saturday at the annual George Growney Debbie Moore Scholarship Dinner held at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge. Attendees check out raffle prizes on Saturday at the annual Red Bluff Junior Round-Up George Growney Debbie Moore Scholarship Dinner held at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge. Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Daily Break......B6 INDEX Have a great day, Florence Niles GOOD MORNING Attorney General Jeff Ses- sions: cities could lose federal money for refusing to help im- migration authorities. PAGEB4 IMMIGRATION Sanctuarycitiesare risking federal money Learn what's known and not known about the potential effects on U.S. construction companies and workers. PAGE A7 Q&A Who'd gain from a Trump border wall? CHPofficer,onesuspectbeingtreatedforinjuries CRIME PAGE 7 FINANCE PAGE 7 ROADS PAGE 7 RBJRU PAGE 7 HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Crews from Dudley's Excavating Monday fill up a sinkhole that formed Thursday night at the corner of Rio and Cedar streets. BUSINESS D Dow Jones 20,550.98 (-45.74) D S&P 500 2341.59 (-2.39) U Nasdaq 5804.37 (+11.63) Thanks to the generosity of those donating to the event the group is able to give out between three and six scholarships depending upon the year. Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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