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Thursday, March 14, 2013 – Daily News Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Karen Darlene Boes Karen Darlene Boes died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at her residence in Red Bluff. She was 64. Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, March 14, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. James Gene Meurer James Gene Meurer died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Red Bluff Healthcare. He was 77. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, March 14, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. COURT Continued from page 1A Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Cohen in 2000, knows Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito and has some knowledge of Tehama County law enforcement. "Those are the only issues I know of, but I have sworn an oath to uphold the constitution and I believe in the constitution," Northam said. "The constitution guarantees that every criminal has a right to a trial." Bealer, 39, is aware of those issues and has expressed to him that he is comfortable with and wants Northam to represent him, Northam said. At one point, Northam said he was prepared to enter a not guilty plea on Bealer's behalf, however, that was delayed until Tuesday, March 19, in order to give Northam adequate time to familiarize himself with the case. "I don't know this case or have any of the information yet," Northam said. "It could take two to three years to get to trial." Northam, who has been working in Tehama County with the Muto and Muto law firm on Child Protective Services cases, has been a criminal defense attorney in the Sacramento area since 2006. Bealer is being held in Tehama County Jail without bail. PATH Continued from page 1A Six non-native landscape trees along a driveway between Sebastian Court and Pink Park Road will be removed along with a small oak tree and a telephone riser where the bicycle path will cross Plateau Drive. TEEN Continued from page 1A showing he was walking on Douglas Street about 90 seconds before Nichols walked the same route. Bealer has denied any involvement in the murder. There were several witnesses mentioned in the statements who saw Nichols and Bealer in the same vicinity. Three Red Bluff High School students, who were in the creek at the crossing between the high school and Bidwell Elementary School, said they observed Nichols and an unknown man. All three students positively identified Nichols through school contact with her. They said the unknown man was walking westbound on the west side of the creek from the crossing, followed by Nichols about three feet behind him. One of the students described a man between 30 and 40 with red kneelength shorts, a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, 5 feet, 10 inches to 6 feet tall with a stocky build and a tattoo on his right calf. A high school teacher told an investigator that they had observed a man in the area of a female subject. The teacher believed the two subjects had a brief conversation. After Bealer turned himself into police March 2 he described the path he took Feb. 26, the day Nichols is believed to have been killed. Bealer said he walked south through the high school and down to the creek before cutting the creek and walking south on Dumosa Drive to Walnut Street. He said he crossed Walnut Street and went south on Scottsdale Road to his final destination at the Circle K on South Jackson Street. Video surveillance from the More 4 Less gas station on Walnut Street shows a camera that covers the corner of Dumosa Drive and Walnut Street. While the video is described as poor quality, no one is seen crossing the roadway between 11 a.m. and noon on Feb. 26. Bealer does not show up on Circle K's video surveillance until 4:01 p.m. An investigator contacted a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. worker who was working in the area SENATE Continued from page 1A family, friends and local businesses to compete against Torres. ''We're going to go after the funding it takes to put on a competent campaign.'' Democrats won two-thirds majorities in both houses of the Legislature last fall, but margins in both chambers are narrow and tenuous while a merry-go-round of vacancies and special elections continues. If Torres beats Leon for the Senate seat in May and leaves the Assembly, Democrats will be temporarily short of the 54 seats they around the time of the alleged crime. The worker told the investigator he saw a man wearing red cut-off sweats, white socks, with a red goatee and either a shaved or bald head. He said the man had large, colorful tattoos on his lower legs. When shown a photographic lineup of possible matches, the worker identified someone other than Bealer. The person identified is a registered sex offender in the area. An investigator contacted the man selected in the photo lineup and through a brief investigation, determined he had no involvement in Nichols' death. Bealer told investigators the red shorts he was wearing in the video were at his parents' residence on Central Avenue in Gerber. That location was one of two listed on one of the search warrants. He indicated the sweatshirt he was wearing was given to an unknown female. The other listed address is for a Second Street residence in Red Bluff, where Bealer said he stayed from Feb. 26 until March 1. Bealer then went to his parents' residence in Ger- need in that chamber for a supermajority. Moreover, they will lose Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, DSherman Oaks, in July, when he leaves to join the Los Angeles City Council. But Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, downplayed the significance. ''The speaker has said since Election Day (in November) that it's not going to make that much difference. He'll continue to work with Republicans,'' Maviglio said. Tuesday's special elections were called to fill the seats vacated when Democratic Sens. Gloria Negrete McLeod of Chino and Juan Vargas 5A ber on March 1 until he was arrested by the sheriff's department for an outstanding warrant that evening. Bealer was later released and turned himself into the Red Bluff Police Department the morning of March 2. The affiants of the search warrant wrote that he has been to the Second Street residence in the past and has seen video surveillance equipment at the residence. The search warrant for Bealer's person list forensic evidence to include but not limited to a medically approved full body examination, fingernail scrapings, medically drawn blood sample, hair combings, pubic hair combings, samples of the hair combings, photos of any injuries, photos of all tattoos and collection of all garments being worn. One statement said that Bealer provided a mouth DNA swab to the police and at the time of writing was consenting to further examinations. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, Ext. 109 or by email at rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. of San Diego resigned to take the congressional seats they won last fall. A third vacancy was created last month when Sen. Michael Rubio, D-Bakersfield, resigned to take a job with Chevron. The special election in the Central Valley's 16th Senate District will be May 21, with a special runoff election on July 23 if no candidate wins a majority in the primary election. Senate Democrats also could lose Sen. Curren Price, D-Los Angeles, in July if he wins a May 21 runoff election for a Los Angeles City Council seat. Allan Hoffenblum, publisher of the California Target Book, Logue to host health Bill would permit online courses for credit care Town Hall Assemblyman Dan L o g u e announced that he is hosting a town hall and informational hearing on Friday, March 15, at 1201 Civic Center Blvd. in Yuba City. The meeting, co-hosted Logue by the YubaSutter Chamber of Commerce, is open to the public and will be held from 1pm to 3pm. Assemblyman Logue will be reporting on the Healthcare Reform Act and its effects on families and small business in the North State. "It's important for people in Yuba City to be aware of how Obamacare will affect their families," said Logue. "Holding a Town Hall meeting will not only let them hear a report from me, but it gives them a chance to interact with policy experts, healthcare and business leaders they normally wouldn't have access to." Joining Assemblyman Logue's panel will be David Panush, director of Government Relations for the California Health Benefit Exchange, Dr. Richard E. Thorp, MD, president-elect of the California Medical Association, Jackie Sillman, chairman of the Yu b a - S u t t e r Chamber of Commerce, Jim Whiteaker, Sutter County supervisor, Andy Vasquez Jr., Yuba County supervisor, Ken DeVore, legislative director of the National Federation of Independent Business in California, and Charles Bacchi, executive vice president of the California Association of Health Plans. "The debate over Obamacare is over, and the reality is that it's going to affect California very soon, whether you agree with it or not," said Logue. "What matters now is getting the public accurate information as to how Obamacare will affect their families, businesses and communities, so they are aware of what changes will occur as soon as it is implemented." Assemblyman Logue represents the 3rd Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter and Yuba. LOS ANGELES (AP) — California would allow private, online education companies to offer courses for credit at state colleges and universities, under a bill introduced Wednesday in the state Legislature. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, who authored the amended SB 520, said that if approved, the law would be the first of its kind in the nation and promises to reshape higher education. The bill is designed to address a problem that has increasingly cropped up in recent years at the University of California, California State University and community colleges systems due to severe state funding cuts that have caused reductions in courses, faculty and admissions. Gov. Jerry Brown has said online courses could be a cost-effective way to increase offerings and has called on the institutions to do more with technology. Many students now cannot get the basic courses that they must take in order to graduate, causing delays in graduation and fewer seats available for new students. In 2012-13, 85 percent of state community colleges reported Report: Lawmaker absent from legal residence SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state assemblyman from Sacramento does not appear to be living in the condo he bought so he could run for a seat in a newly drawn legislative district, according to a newspaper report published Wednesday. The Sacramento Bee reported that Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan began taking more than $28,000 in per diem payments last year, which helped him buy the condo in a city neighborhood south of downtown. His home in Natomas, a neighborhood north of downtown, was in the same district as another Democratic lawmaker following redistricting in 2011. State lawmakers are required to live within the districts they represent. Pan registered to vote and swore under penalty of perjury that he was living in the 9th Assem- bly District. In a statement, Pan said he is following state law and spends time at multiple Sacramento residences. The newspaper reported that it staked out Pan's home in Natomas five times over the past month and found him there each time, pulling his vehicle out of the garage in the morning. His wife and two sons also live at the Natomas home. Neighbors of the condo he bought in the other neighborhood, known as the Pocket, say they have seen a man visit the unit occasionally to pick up mail. The two residences are about 13 miles apart. Per diem payments are designed to help lawmakers who live out of town cover expenses while they are working in the Capitol. 'No college student should be denied a college education because they could not get a seat in the course they needed to graduate' — Sen. Darrell Steinberg wait lists for fall courses with an average of 7,000 students. At the University of California and Cal State systems, only 60 percent and 16 percent of students, respectively, graduate in four years. Access to key courses was a major factor in the time lag, Steinberg's office said. ''No college student should be denied a college education because they could not get a seat in the course they needed to graduate,'' Steinberg, a Sacramento Democrat, said at an online news conference. The bill would allow online providers such as Udacity and Coursera to offer as many as 50 of the most in-demand courses at each institution. A panel of nine faculty members appointed from each institution's Academic Senate would vet and approve the course content. Students would only be able to enroll if they could not get into the equivalent campus course. ''It is not a substitute for campus-based instruction,'' Steinberg said. Fees for the online courses are yet to be worked out but would not be higher than a campus class, Steinberg said. Additionally, the institutions would share some of the revenue with the education providers. Sebastian Thrun, cofounder and chief executive of Udacity, said his company is having good results with a pilot program with 300 students at San Jose State University, who each pay $150 for the for-credit course. He emphasized that his company provides only the technology. ''We leave the entire content of what happens on our platform to the faculty,'' he said. Richard Copenhagen, president of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges, said the plan would help students realize their goals. Many students are frustrated because they have to take frivolous courses each semester so they can maintain financial aid, he said. Representatives of the California Faculty Association did not immediately return phone calls for comment. Cal State spokesman Michael Uhlenkamp said officials had not yet read the bill and could not comment on it. Reuse Facility What?: REAP the benefits of Reuse at the REAP (Reuse of Available Products) Facility. How much? All items are Free! What can I get? • Paints • Cleaning Supplies • Polishes • Stains • Automotive Fluids • and much more Where? At the Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill: 19995 Plymire Rd., RB When? Monday-Friday 9am - 4pm. For more information, please contact: 528-1103 or visit www.tehamacountylandfill.com