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Aloha Street will be closed from South Jackson to Madison streets starting at 6:30 a.m. Thursday for a work crew to remove a tree thatisleaningovertheroad. The work is expected to take about four hours. ROADWORK AlohaStreet closure Thursday for tree removal TheAssociatedPress SANTA ANA The first in a series of challenges target- ingnewCaliforniagunlaws prompted by the San Ber- nardino terror attack has been lodged by a state af- filiate of the National Rifle Association. A lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Santa Ana by the California Rifle and Pistol Association chal- lenges a prohibition on the saleofsemi-automaticrifles equippedwithso-calledbul- let buttons that allow quick removalandreplacementof ammunition magazines. "It criminalizes posses- sion of firearms which are commonly possessed for lawful purposes by law- abiding citizens for self- defense or shooting sports," said Chuck Michel, a Long Beach attorney for the gun rights groups, told the Los Angeles Times. The laws were passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in re- sponse to the 2015 terrorist shootinginSanBernardino in which weapons includ- ing AR-15 rifles were used to kill 14 people. They in- clude a ban on large-capac- ity ammunition magazines. Michel said the NRA plans five lawsuits against the laws. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon pre- dicted that the laws would withstand any legal chal- lenge. "Background checks and other guns laws Cal- ifornia has enacted have saved lives and are key in making our mortality rate one of the lowest in the nation," the Los Angeles Democrat said in a state- ment. "I am confident that the courts will reject the NRA's arguments, just as our voters did in Novem- ber, and uphold Califor- nia's right to implement common-sense policies to protect its people." NRA AFFILIATE Gun rights group begins challenge of new California laws details of the contract but would provide them later. Erin Mellon, a spokes- woman for the Natural Re- sources Agency, said after the hearing that the con- tract with Kiewit Corp. of Omaha, Nebraska cov- ers work through Janu- ary 2019. That should be enough time to repair the entire main spillway and shore up the emergency spillway, she said. By Nov. 1, officials plan to get the main spillway in strong enough condition to handle 100,000 cubic feet per second of water, with the ability to han- dle an additional 50,000 cfs in an emergency, Cro- yle said. It may take un- til next year to fully recon- struct the chute to handle its original maximum ca- pacity of 270,000 cfs — a flow that would destroy downstream levees and cause widespread flood- ing but would protect the dam during a catastrophe, Croyle said. Dam FROM PAGE 1 count offer," Carlson said. "After doing a little re- search I learned that Dmi- try Samoylovskikh was a Forbes 30 Under 30 and that Tesla Amazing was made possible following a Kickstarter campaign that started out with a $15,000 goal and raised almost $300,000, which is crazy cool." While in conversation, Carlson learned they were looking for a school to con- nect with to showcase how their magnetic notes could be used in a classroom set- ting and she connected them with Evergreen, she said. The magnetic notes, which come in all sizes, are like sticky notes, but stick to almost any surface without curling up or los- ing their ability to stick and has a whiteboard marker friendly side that can be reused. "One day they got a hold of me and said they were going to be in New York for a business trip and wanted to see if they could come visit," Carlson said. "So Dmitry and Alex drove here from New York and spent two hours in the classroom letting the kids ask questions and talking to them about their com- pany. These two are highly successful entrepreneurs so what better way to get these kids excited about STEM (Science, Tech- nology, Engineering and Mathematics) than to have them meet these high suc- cessful world travelers?" One of the cool parts is the students started a connection with the pair early when the students sent a cut out character af- ter reading a book on the adventures of Flat Stan- ley who travels to different place and had them take pictures of them traveling around Estonia with the character, Carlson said. "It was a really cool cul- tural experience for the kids to learn about Es- tonia in addition to the STEM and entrepreneur side of things," Carlson said. "It's important for them to be able to experi- ence other cultures and see they're just regular people like us. What's really cool is they will be doing follow up support with the school as well." Carlson said she has had a few opportunities to bring unusual visitors from outside of Tehama County and hopes to continue to do so through her company's connections. "It feels so good to help bring these kinds of expe- riences to rural kids and teachers," Carlson said. "It's the stuff that comes from being a little audacious and having an imagination that runs kind of wild, I think." Students FROM PAGE 1 ficers and I know my col- leagues in law enforce- ment in this community, it certainly is a privilege to serve this community," Aviles said. The flags at City Hall and the Community and Senior Center will be flown at half-staff on May 17 in honor of all peace officers killed in the line of duty, Mayor Gary Jones said. Memorial FROM PAGE 1 DNFILEPHOTO Tehama County Sheriff's Sgt. Colleen Lewis lights a candle and Corning Police Chief Jeremiah Fears rings a bell at the 2015Tehama County Peace Officers Memorial ceremony. By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge on Tuesday blocked any attempt by the Trump administration to with- hold funding from "sanc- tuary cities" that do not cooperate with U.S. immi- gration officials, saying the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending. U.S. District Judge Wil- liam Orrick issued the pre- liminary injunction in two lawsuits — one brought by the city of San Francisco, the other by Santa Clara County — against an exec- utive order targeting com- munities that protect im- migrants from deportation. The injunction will stay in place while the lawsuits work their way through court. The judge rejected the administration's argu- ment that the executive or- der applies only to a rela- tively small pot of money and said President Don- ald Trump cannot set new conditions on spending ap- proved by Congress. Even if the president could do so, those con- ditions would have to be clearly related to the funds at issue and not coercive, as the executive order appears to be, Orrick said. "Federal funding that bears no meaningful re- lationship to immigration enforcement cannot be threatened merely because a jurisdiction chooses an immigration enforcement strategy of which the pres- ident disapproves," the judge said. It was the third major setback for the administra- tion on immigration policy. The Justice Department had no immediate com- ment. San Francisco City At- torney Dennis Herrera said the president was "forced to back down." "This is why we have courts — to halt the over- reach of a president and an attorney general who ei- ther don't understand the Constitution or chose to ig- nore it," he said in a state- ment. A Justice Department at- torney, Chad Readler, had defended the president's executive order as an at- tempt to use his "bully pul- pit" to "encourage commu- nities and states to comply with the law." And he said the order ap- plied to only three Justice Department and Homeland Security grants that would affect less than $1 million for Santa Clara County and possibly no money for San Francisco. But the judge disagreed, saying the order was writ- ten broadly to "reach all federal grants" and poten- tially jeopardizes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to San Francisco and Santa Clara. He cited comments by the president and Attor- ney General Jeff Sessions as evidence that the order was intended to target a wide array of federal fund- ing. And he said the pres- ident himself had called it a "weapon" to use against recalcitrant cities. The government hasn't cut off any money yet or de- clared any communities to be sanctuary cities. But the Justice Department sent letters last week warning communities to prove they are in compliance. Califor- nia was informed it could lose $18.2 million. "Sanctuary cities" is a loosely defined term for ju- risdictions that don't com- ply with immigration au- thorities. The Trump administra- tion argued that the execu- tive order applied narrowly to cities that forbid officials to report people's immigra- tion status to federal au- thorities. Orrick said it could also be construed to apply to cities that refuse to hold jail inmates for im- migration authorities. The Trump administra- tion says that sanctuary cit- ies allow dangerous crimi- nals back on the street and that the order is needed to keep the country safe. San Francisco and other sanc- tuary cities say turning lo- cal police into immigration officers erodes the trust that is needed to get peo- ple to report crime. The order has also led to lawsuits by Seattle; two Massachusetts cities, Law- rence and Chelsea; and a third San Francisco Bay Area government, the city of Richmond. The San Francisco and Santa Clara County lawsuits were the first to get a hearing be- fore a judge. On Tuesday, mayors from several cities threat- ened with the loss of fed- eral grants emerged from a meeting with Sessions saying they remain con- fused about how to prove their police are in com- pliance with immigration policies. The sanctuary city or- der was among a flurry of immigration measures Trump has signed since taking office in January, in- cluding a ban on travelers from seven Muslim-major- ity countries and a direc- tive calling for a wall on the Mexican border. A federal appeals court blocked the travel ban. The administration then re- vised it, but the new ver- sion also is stalled in court. Associated Press writer Sadie Gurman in Wash- ington contributed to this story. 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March is noisy as can be, yet is kind and full of glee. April dawns with pranks so funny. Now she weeps and now is sunny. Then comes laughing lovely May strewing flowers all the way. June, the queen of all the year, crowned with roses does appear. July comes in with weary feet, trampling with the summer heat. August says , "Let's have a play, at the seashore far away.. September with her face so fair, a load of purple grapes doth bear. October's brow is overcast, with fleecy clouds that hurry past. November brings a gentle rain, that softens all the earth again. December, the best month of the year, by old and young is held most dear." Author unknown. Isn't that great? Here's a couple of stanzas from another poem memorized by Grandmother: George Washington, First President, By Adams was succeeded, Tom Jefferson was next the choice, The people's cause he pleaded. Andr ew Johnson had a time, The Senate could impeach him, As it took a two thirds vote, They lacked one vote to reach him". … Last week's column had a typo in it. The error was in the copy I sent in, so it was my fault. However some typos slip in when least expected resulting in unintended humor. Such as: "Manuel Santana won the Puerta de Hierro Tennis Tourney Sunday by beating Lew Hoad 6-3,8-10, 6-3,6-0 with a .125 batting average hammered out a three run homer in the 6th inning". Also, "Before shooting himself with a .38 caliber pistol, Wylie, age 7, typed a note saying he was tired of living" (They didn't give the kid a chance!). And from the Sacramento Bee, the sports editor wrote the following report of a track meet in which a participant "put the shot 59 feet". However, the "o" was accidently substituted with an "i"... and the husky fellow's fete turned into a joke. Tsk, tsk. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 5 A