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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The city and com- munity will be observing May 17 as Tehama County Peace Of- ficers Memorial Day in com- memoration of those peace offi- cers who have given their lives in the line of duty. A special Peace Officers Me- morial ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. May 17 at High Point As- sembly Church and is open for all to join. California Highway Patrol Lt. Commander Lou Aviles ac- cepted a proclamation from the city at its April 18 meet- ing and said he is apprecia- tive of the support law enforce- ment has in the city and county. "The city recognizes the impor- tant role our police officers have in maintaining a free and peace- ful society and that these dedi- cated men and women who serve in the law enforcement profes- sion have made a commitment to preserving our freedom and se- curity though they face extraor- dinary risk and danger," Aviles read from the proclamation. The local event is in conjunc- tion with National Police Week and California Peace Officers Memorial Day. "On behalf of myself, my of- MEMORIAL Citytocommemoratefallenpoliceofficers By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter Cottonwood >> Second grade students at Evergreen Elemen- tary School had a special treat Monday when they got a visit from Dmitry Samoylovskikh and Alexei Bragin of Tesla Amazing, a company based in Estonia. Tesla Amazing's mission is to give the world a new gener- ation of paper inspired by the great inventor Nikola Tesla's ex- periments with static electric- ity. The pair ran hundreds of ex- periments of their own, which is how Magnetic Notes was born. "It's pretty cool to have a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 visit us in Cottonwood, Califor- nia," said Principal Kristy No- bles. "I hope all of our students were inspired and realized they too can become inventors and entrepreneurs." The visit started with an e- mail from Michelle Carlson of EdCoup.org, a company that reaches out to companies to broker exclusive discounts for educators. It is an off-shoot of Carlson's other company Future Development Group. Carlson had received a pad of magnetic notes, invented by Tesla Amazing, while at a con- ference and seeing how they would be great in the classroom reached out to the company to see about a potential discount, she said. "I reached out and lo and be- hold, their CEO and co-founder got back to me with a great dis- EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURS SHARE DAY WITH STUDENTS CONTRIBUTED Dmitry Samoylovskikh, right, visited Evergreen Elementary School Monday from Estonia to talk about the company Tesla Amazing. By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press SACRAMENTO The head of Cal- ifornia's water agency on Tues- day repeated his assertion that an emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam worked, drawing an incredulous response from a state lawmaker who repre- sents tens of thousands of peo- ple ordered to evacuate when it was feared erosion at the spill- way could lead to catastrophic flooding. Bill Croyle, acting director of the Department of Water Re- sources, faced lawmakers for the first time since the evacu- ations in February. Authorities feared a concrete wall at the top of the emergency spillway was on the verge of collapsing and sending a wall of water rush- ing uncontrolled through down- stream communities. "In my opinion it didn't work at all," said Assemblyman James Gallagher, a Republican who represents many of the nearly 200,000 people who were or- dered to evacuate. "When it started flowing and we had that erosion cut back, to me that's a failure. It didn't work as de- signed." Croyle has controversially maintained since the days af- ter the evacuation that the spill- way did its job, though he's ac- knowledged that the erosion was more severe than antici- pated. He told lawmakers that experts did not expect water to cut through rock. "I believe the emergency spill- way worked," Croyle said. "It performed an emergency func- tion with the broken (main) spillway." Water flowed over the emer- gency spillway for the first time after damage to the main chute caused officials to limit releases. That was followed by a ferocious storm that dumped far more wa- ter than forecast, filling the lake much faster than anticipated. Officials did not plan to use the emergency spillway but saw a surge of water rush into the lake over several hours. "What we saw was not what was forecast," Croyle said. Lawmakers also questioned Croyle about details of the $275 million contract to shore up both the main and emergency spillway, including who negoti- ated it and what penalties or in- centives it includes for the con- tractor. Croyle said he didn't know OROVILLE DAM Water chief: Oroville emergency spillway worked By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF One man was in- jured in a multiple vehicle colli- sion Tuesday afternoon on Ante- lope Boulevard near the intersec- tion with Chestnut Avenue. An occupant of a red van was transported to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for minor to moderate injuries, said Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Busekist. There were no other involved par- ties transported for treatment of injuries. There were four vehicles in- volved in the incident, Busekist said. No details had been released on how the collision occurred as of about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. All westbound lanes of Ante- lope Boulevard were blocked just before Chestnut with eastbound lanes slowed to allow for medical personnel to respond to the inci- dent and Red Bluff Police Depart- ment providing traffic control. Red Bluff Fire Department and the Tehama County Sheriff's De- partment assisted. ANTELOPE BOULEVARD Oneinjuredinfour-vehiclecrash Red Bluff Fire and Red Bluff Police respond to a four- vehicle collision about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday that blocked the westbound lanes of Antelope Boulevard at Chestnut Boulevard. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A6 Sports.............. B1 Daily Break......B2 Weather ..........B6 INDEX Have a great day, Pat Nelson GOOD MORNING U DowJones 20,996.12 (+232.23) U S&P 500 2388.61 (+14.46) U Nasdaq 6025.49 (+41.67) BUSINESS A federal judge blocked an at- tempt by the Trump adminis- tration to withhold funds from "sanctuary cities." 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