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FRIDAY Students Study Bacteria MARCH 8, 2013 Cardinal Preview Education Page Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 65/38 Weather forecast 8A TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 County jail houses 20 long-term inmates SACRAMENTO (AP) — California counties are housing more than 1,100 inmates serving sentences of five years or more in jails designed for stays of a year or less, according to the first report detailing the size of that population under Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment strategy to reduce state prison overcrowding. In Tehama County 20 inmates are serving sentences between five and 10 years. The oversight of so many long-term inmates is presenting challenges for county sheriffs. In addition to finding space in their often-crowded jails, in many cases the sheriffs must provide specialized programs that are more costly than those 'The U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to dramatically reduce its prison population. Rather than release prisoners early, the state is complying through realignment' — Elizabeth Ashford, governor's office for traditional county inmates. inmates for this period of time,'' said Nick Warner, the California State Sheriffs' Association's legislative director. ''They're living in conditions that they're not designed to stay in for this long.'' The report, covering all but six of the state's 58 counties, was done by the association and ''We are not set up to house Dedication See JAIL, page 7A Landfill options down to two By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer A trio of proposals to operate the county landfill and material recovery facility have been narrowed down to two. The Tehama County-City of Red Bluff Landfill Management Agency Joint Powers Authority II Board of Directors will decide between Green Waste of Tehama or running the operation in-house. A proposal from Recology was cut by the board's evaluation team. The board is hoping to sign a 10-year agreement to oversee the facilities. The landfill and material recovery facilities have been privately operated by Green Waste of Tehama since July 1, 1997. A 10-year contract with the company terminates Aug. 1. The board has hired IntelliWaste Inc. to assist the agency with its decision. See LANDFILL, page 7A Man arrested 3 nights in a row Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito presents a plaque honoring Dave Mobilio to his parents, Laurie and Richard, at a memorial service dedicating a section of Interstate 5 in their son's name Thursday at Bethel Assembly of God in Red Bluff. I-5 stretch named for fallen officer By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Fallen Red Bluff Police Officer Dave Mobilio was honored Thursday with a dedication ceremony for the freeway now named after him. At the same time Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito said events of the past 10 days had in some ways turned the dedication into a memorial service. Those events included the slaying of Red Bluff High School student Marysa Nichols and the deaths of Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler of the Santa Cruz Police Department. Nanfito said he doubted Mobilio would have minded sharing the service with others. Police Chaplain Ron Fortenberry delivering the invocation said he prays the two signs that now mark Interstate 5's route through Red Bluff as the David F. Mobilio Memorial Highway will not only See OFFICER, page 7A A 39-year-old Corning man was arrested Friday, Saturday and Sunday for public intoxication. The charges are nothing new to Brian Keith Paschal, who has been found guilty 61 times of either public intoxication or an open container violation since 1997. Paschal has had 41 related charges dismissed during that time span. He pled guilty to driving under the influence in June 2011. Besides his three arrests this weekend, Paschal has three more pending charges since the start of February. Around 6 p.m. Friday Paschal was arrested on the 100 block of Jackson Street. Around 1:30 p.m. Saturday he was picked up near Round Up Realty near the End Up. And on Sunday law enforcement was called to True Value Hardware, where Paschal was reportedly yelling at customers. — Rich Greene State Senate OKs College evacuated due to minor fire money for gun seizure program By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer SACRAMENTO (AP) — Legislation approved Thursday by the state Senate would send more money to a program unique to California that seizes guns from people who are prohibited from having them, a number that has risen to nearly 20,000. The bill authorizes $24 million for the state Department of Justice's Armed and Prohibited Persons program, which is the only one of its kind in the nation. It prohibits gun ownership for people convicted of a felony or a violent misdemeanor, who are subject to a domestic violence restraining order or who are determined to be mentally unstable. The department has confiscated more than 10,000 weapons under the program since 2006 but 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 has a backlog of nearly 20,000 people because it has too few agents to go after the weapons. Those individuals own about 39,000 handguns and 1,600 assault weapons, said Sen. Mark Leno, DSan Francisco, the author of SB140. The additional money would come from a surplus in fees paid for firearms purchases. It would let the department hire six supervisors, 30 special agents and support staff to create six new teams to seize the weapons. They use a computerized system that crossmatches five databases to identify people who bought guns but are not allowed to own them. It's the first bill to be considered by the Legislature from among the dozens of gun control measures introduced after recent mass shootings, particularly the Newtown, Conn., school massacre. See GUN, page 7A No one was injured in a small accidental fire reported at 8:51 a.m. Thursday at the Shasta College Tehama Campus on Diamond Avenue in Red Bluff. "All protocol (for emergencies) was followed and the outcome was minimal compared to what it could have been," Administrative Secretary Nancy Lamberson said. "The teacher used the fire extinguisher, the alarm was pulled and the entire campus was evacuated." The fire took place in the prep room for a science lab where a lab assistant and a teacher, the sole occupants of the area where the fire started, were working on an experiment using acetone and spinach leaves in a blender that leaked, causing the fire, Lamberson said. The evacuation lasted about 20-30 minutes before the first set of students was allowed to return, she said. Classes were interrupted, but resumed as the buildings were cleared. The room where the fire took place was Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Shasta College Hazmat Compliance Supervisor David Freeman, left, and utility worker David Iverson take a look at damage from a small fire in preparation for clean-up. secured following the containment of the fire at 9 a.m. until the arrival of the Shasta College Hazmat Compliance Supervisor David Freeman, who worked with utility worker David Iverson to clean up the damaged area. The fire did $100 damage with a $2 million save, a CalFire spokesman said. Sexual Harassment Prevention Training A Training for Managers and Supervisors Thursday, March 14th, 2013 -or- Thursday, March 21st Time: 8:30am to 10:30am Location: The Meeting Place, 724 Main Street, Red Bluff Cost: $49 per person Space is limited Call 529-7000 to register today! This interactive workshop fulfills your training requirements and reminds supervisors of their important role. 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